James Stansfeld and Sophie Lucas @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social represent a Requested Person whose extradition is sought following an alleged hijacking by migrants fleeing Libya. James and Sophie are instructed by Lawrence & Co Solicitors. Read more here: matrixlaw.co.uk/news/malta-s...

Leading practitioners Prof Leslie Thomas KC of @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social, Jessie Nicholls of Matrix Chambers, Daniel Machover (@dmachover.bsky.social) & Helen Stone of @hickmanandrose.co.uk will guide delegates through the latest case law, providing practical & tactical guidance in #InquestLaw

Are you involved in (or planning) a judicial review claim? Join our ✏️ Online Judicial Review Academy – a complete guide to how to do judicial review. 9 to 12 Feb 2026 | Zoom | With @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social 🔗 Register: https://shorturl.pulse.ly/v3uh1lsfkl

Legal practitioners: Sign-up now available for free legal training seminar on 4 February on representing Albanian asylum cases, held jointly with @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social. To register: bit.ly/4qxewyV

Tribunal dismisses claims against trans doctor and upholds Fife Health Board harassment claim Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) was instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent, alongside Robin White of Old Square Chambers. Read here👉 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/tribunal-dis...

"Strategic litigation is a significant way to highlight issues and challenge discrimination in education" With our closing session, the panel reflected on how litigation, organising and policy work intersect to secure rights and drive systemic change in education & child services.

Kate Aubrey Johnson and Polly Sweeney discussed how mediation can support timely resolutions in SEND disputes and deliver meaningful results for families. @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social @ris-law.bsky.social #LAGEducation #EducationLawConference2025 #LAG #EducationLaw

Nicola Braganza KC and Rosa Thomas unpacked the current litigation of discrimination claims by emphasising definitions, remedies, and current trends involving children and young people. @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social #LAGEducation #EducationLawConference2025 #LAG #EducationLaw

Rosie Worster and Jennifer Twite explored the criminal law issues that frequently arise in education contexts, from overlap with criminal investigations, schools, CCE, and NRM. @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social #LAGEducation #EducationLawConference2025 #LAG #CriminalLaw

Claudia Hyde & @olliepersey.bsky.social outlined how health and education frameworks interact, offering guidance to practitioners! @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social @landmarkchambers.bsky.social #LAGEducation #EducationLawConference2025 #LAG #CriminalLaw

"You can lose cases, but you can also get little achievements in the process" Carine Patry KC and Angela Jackman KC (Hon), and @olliepersey.bsky.social walked through the most significant decisions of the past year, highlighting the themes reshaping education law practice.

We are back with our 2025 Education Law Conference! Opening the day with a welcome from @suejames.bsky.social, setting the scene for a programme focused on Education Law Thank you to DLA Piper & @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social for supporting the conference! #LAGEducation #EducationLawConference2025

Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) featured on Diversity Power List 2025/6 💫 The Diversity Power List recognises 50 champions of inclusion, diversity professionals & D&I Leaders in the UK - announced at the 2025 Inclusive Awards. Read more 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...

📢 Oscar Davies in COUNSEL Magazine: Lessons Learnt: Unbinding the binary at the Bar⚖️ Oscar discusses use of social media to broaden access to justice, use of language in protecting rights, and resilience as a barrister. Read here: www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/les... Photo Credit © Greta Graf

Marc Willers KC to appear at The Court of the Citizens of the World's Ecocide Tribunal (Mock Trial) in Brazil, 17-21 Nov 🌍 Marc will act as lead counsel, bringing a case against states for failure to take all necessary steps to tackle climate change. Find out more🔗 www.the-court.eu/read-about-t...

💡📝 Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes new blog: The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 Adrian examines The Act, which recently came into force on 27 October 2025. Read on here 🔽 tinyurl.com/3fd73fad #BritishCitizenship #CitizenshipDeprivation #NationalSecurity

𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 9 to 12 Feb 2026 | Online via Zoom Presented in partnership with @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social, this training is A complete course on how to do judicial review. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐰: publiclawproject.org.uk/events/onlin...

Garden Court's Stephanie Harrison KC on Channel 4 News: "We focus a lot on blaming asylum seekers for cost of asylum accommodation, but we need to look at arrangements the Home Office has made with private contractors that are simply not value for money." Interview below: youtu.be/HdoGchvh84c?...

💡⚖️ Family Law: What to Expect in Court with a Public Access Barrister Lyndsey Sambrooks-Wright explains what it’s like to work with a #PublicAccess (Family) Barrister at Garden Ct and what to expect at each stage. Find out more 📖🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/family-law-w... #DirectAccess #FamilyLaw

💡📝 Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes new Cosmopolis blog: 'The Italy-Albania Protocol on collaboration on migration matters: externalisation & non-refoulement' Read on here 🔽 tinyurl.com/2fvftape #Asylum #Migration #EULaw #HumanRights #Italy #Albania

🚨 Sundeep Ghuman: Inquest opens into violent death at Belmarsh Prison Sundeep, a British Asian man, died after sustaining serious head injuries while locked in his cell with his two cellmates, despite one of them being flagged as a racist. Read on here 🔽📖 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/sundeep-ghum...

Home Office prevented from transferring vulnerable asylum seeker away from support network XY represented by Tim Baldwin (@timbgclaw.bsky.social) of Garden Ct, and Angelo Monni & Morgane Drian Delplanque of Duncan Lewis. Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/home-office-...

🎙️Liz Davies KC speaking at London Assembly Housing Committee on access & fairness in housing allocations 🏘️ This meeting features policy experts & academics to focus on whether allocation policies in London are equitable and make best use of available housing. Link to broadcast 🔗 lnkd.in/eaGUbA7K

Local Authority offers suitable accommodation for family following judicial review proceedings Tim Baldwin (@timbgclaw.bsky.social) of the Garden Court #HousingLaw Team acted for the Claimant, instructed by Elisa Cronier-Mackie of Lawstop. Read on here 🔗📖 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/local-author...

Recent media commentary has focused on members of Garden Court Chambers and others who sit as part-time judges. This is Garden Court's statement 👇 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/garden-court... #RuleofLaw #Judicialindependence #SeparationOfPowers #Constitution www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Maria Moodie (@mariamoodie.bsky.social) speaks at Council of Europe conference on migrant & asylum-seeking victims of gender-based violence, hosted by GREVIO (Group of Experts on action against violence against women & domestic violence) 🌍⚖️ Read more 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/maria-moodie...

📣Giles Cockings KC joins Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant📣 Giles is consistently ranked in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as a Leading Silk. Read on here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4ne332yf #CriminalBarrister #LeadingBarrister #CrimeSilk

📢 High Court quashes Home Office curtailment of leave to remain and finds interview breach of procedural fairness. The Claimant was represented by Greg Ó Ceallaigh KC of the Garden Court #ImmigrationLaw Team, acting for Zyba Law. Read on here 🔗📖 tinyurl.com/5de7fe46

✨💫 Garden Court Chambers has won Immigration Set of the Year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025 💫✨ Our warmest congratulations to the team, to all the winners, and to all who were shortlisted👏👏👏 hashtag#L500Awards hashtag#Legal500BarAwards Read on here 🔽 lnkd.in/efGtS6my

🚨 Hillsborough Law: Historic move to stop state coverups and bring justice to families The first reading of the #Hillsborough Bill – formally known as the Public Office (Accountability) Bill – took place in Parliament, marking an historic step. Read here 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/hillsborough...

"Equality Act is meant to be a shield rather than a sword"– Oscar Davies quoted in PinkNews 🗞️ Garden Ct barrister Oscar Davies has stated the Supreme Ct ruling on single-sex spaces is 'being misinterpreted in a way that excludes trans people'. Full coverage 🔗 www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/16/n...

Garden Ct's Liz Davies KC @lizdsocialist.bsky.social to speak at Housing Law Practitioners Association (HLPA) Meeting on Renters Rights 🏘️⚖️ 📅 17 September 2025, 6.30PM 📍 University of Bristol Law School Find out more about our #1 ranked #HousingLaw team 🔗 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/areas-of-law...

Garden Court Chambers mourns the loss of Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon). Conor was a shining light in civil liberties and human rights for decades through his work as a lawyer, as an educator, and as a thinker. Read on ▶️ gardencourtchambers.co.uk/garden-court...

Congratulations to Keir Monteith KC, a @uomsalc.bsky.social Simon Industrial and Professional fellow, on his recent promotion to Honorary Professor of Law. Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk... @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social @uomlaw.bsky.social @eithnequinn.bsky.social

Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes in new Cosmopolis blog: 'The ECHR & UK international relations'💡📝 "To contend that #ECHR withdrawal is a simple act without consequential effect is simply to blind oneself to international political reality..." Read here 🔽 tinyurl.com/4h4zh9jm #HumanRights

EHRC credibility – Oscar Davies in PinkNews ⚖️🗞️ Garden Ct's Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) quoted in PinkNews on recent concerns raised by Lemkin Institute over UK's Equality & Human Rights Commission accreditation at UN level. Coverage here 🔽 www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/09/e...

Birmingham City Council abandons appeal against High Ct order to reassess home-to-school transport package Ollie Persey & Alex Temple of Garden Ct's #EducationLaw Team acted for the respondent, instructed by Rachael Smurthwaite of Irwin Mitchell. Read on 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/birmingham-c...

🎓💫 Keir Monteith KC appointed Honorary Professor of Law at University of Manchester 🎓💫 Keir is promoted to Honorary Professor of Law (previously Honorary Senior Lecturer) at the University's School of Social Sciences @uomsoss.bsky.social. Read more here 📖 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/keir-monteit...

⚖️ Why do jury trials matter more than ever and how do Leveson reforms fall short? 📖 @keirmonteith.bsky.social KC of Garden Court Chambers Crime Team writes for the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies 👇 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/stop-injusti... ➡️Jury trials ➡️Racial bias ➡️Joint enterprise

Trans-led advocacy group to intervene in NHS Fife changing room tribunal Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) of Garden Court is instructed to represent the intervener, TransLucent. Counsel instructed by @leigh-day.bsky.social. 📖 Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/trans-led-ad...

🌟🎓 ‘Change Maker’ Oscar Davies shown alongside fellow KCL distinguished alumni🎓🌟 Since being honoured with King’s Distinguished Alumni ‘Change Maker’ Award, Oscar Davies’ image features at the main entrance of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. 📖 Read more: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...

💡 Tim Baldwin produces LexisNexis case analysis: Rent repayment orders and ‘person managing’💡 Tim Baldwin (@timbgclaw.bsky.social) of the Garden Ct #HousingLaw Team has produced an analysis with LexisNexis on Global 100 Ltd v Ross & Ors [2025]. Read more 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/tim-baldwin-...

✨ Breaking barriers in criminal justice & widening access to the Bar ✨ We are proud to announce we have been shortlisted at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025: 🌟 Keir Monteith KC – DEI: Outstanding Contribution 🌟 Garden Ct – DEI: Outstanding Set Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/keir-monteit...

💫📣 Allison Munroe KC, Amanda Meusz & Stephen Lue shortlisted at Family Law Awards 2025 📣💫 🌟 Allison Munroe KC – Family Law KC of the Year 🌟 Amanda Meusz – Family Law Champion of the Year 🌟 Stephen Lue – Family Law Junior of the Year Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/allison-munr...

Council provides suitable housing to profoundly disabled man following urgent judicial review challenging Care Act breach @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/67991

💡📝 Garden Ct's Adrian Berry KC (@berryadrianc.bsky.social) writes in a new blog: 'Immigration Civil Penalty Employment Scheme to be extended to Sub-contractors, Agency Workers & Gig Economy (Border Security, Immigration & Asylum Bill 2025)'. Read on here 🔽 cosmopolismigration.com/2025/08/27/i...

🚨 Local authority provides suitable housing to profoundly disabled man following urgent judicial review challenging breach under Care Act 2014 Garden Court's Isaac Ricca-Richardson acted for the claimant, instructed by Emma Pein of @bindmans.com. Read on 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/local-author...

Legal Action Spotlight Nick Bano of @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social on what social justice lawyers need to know following RHZ v Sutton. 'It is useful and invigorating that there is now a clear route for including discrimination points in homelessness challenges.' ➡️ Read here swiy.co/h6eS

Defendant acquitted of possession with intent to supply cannabis Twanieka Alcindor of the Garden Court Crime Team acted for the defendant, instructed by Rukhsana Hayat of Rukhsana Hayat & Co Solicitors. Read on here 🔽 tinyurl.com/ate77hvu