Garden Court Chambers

gardencourtchambers.co.uk

Matthew Ahluwalia

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/matthew-ahluwalia/

Amina Ahmed

Barrister specialising in public law care proceedings, with particular expertise in complex non-accidental injury, sexual abuse and cruelty and neglect, and has acted in the Court of Protection. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Shina Animashaun

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/shina-animashaun/

Bojana Asanovic

https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/bojana-asanovic/

Sareta Ashraph

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/sareta-ashraph/

Navita Atreya

Barrister specialising in asylum, immigration and human rights law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Kate Aubrey-Johnson

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/kate-aubrey-johnson/

Tim Baldwin

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/tim-baldwin/

Ali Bandegani

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/ali-bandegani/

Nick Bano

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/nick-bano/

Courtenay Barklem

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/courtenay-barklem/

Soraya Bauwens

Barrister specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise in complex terrorism cases, serious violence and organised crime, as well as fraud and financial crime. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Shahida Begum

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/shahida-begum/

Adrian Berry KC

Silk specialising in public law, especially in British nationality, statelessness, immigration, EU law and after matters, international protection (refugee status, asylum), housing and accommodation, social assistance, and education. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Jodie Blackstock

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/jodie-blackstock/

Henry Blaxland KC

Barrister specialising in criminal defence and appeals, with particular expertise in fraud, terrorism, homicide and sexual offences. http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/henry-blaxland-qc/

Nicola Braganza KC

Barrister specialising in Equality and Discrimination Law, Public Law & Human Rights, with particular expertise in Employment, Education, Community Care, Immigration & Asylum Law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Grace Brown

Barrister specialising in public law practitioner with a particular expertise in human rights, immigration and refugee law. Grace Brown is Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Acland Bryant

Helen Butcher

Barrister specialising in criminal defence practice with particular expertise in challenging sexual offence cases and is instructed in large-scale organised crime cases. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Joanne Cecil KC

Barrister specialising in a mixed serious crime and public law practice with particular expertise in criminal justice-related judicial review and civil litigation in the civil liberties sphere. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Rebecca Chapman

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/rebecca-chapman/

Audrey Cherryl Mogan

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/audrey-cherryl-mogan/

Paul Kingsley Clark

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/paul-clark/

Stephen Clark

Barrister working across a broad spectrum of practice areas from judicial review, immigration and asylum, inquests, actions against state authorities, prison law and community care. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Giles Cockings KC

Tom Copeland

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/thomas-copeland/

Stephen Cottle

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/stephen-cottle/

Rhiannon Crimmins KC

Barrister specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise in murder trials and defending those accused of terrorism, firearms, gang-related crime and fraud. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Kathryn Cronin

Kathryn has an extensive and varied immigration, asylum and family law practice. She is known for her representation of vulnerable clients, in particular asylum and human rights cases involving women and children. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Lorna Cservenka

Barrister specialising in children proceedings, with particular expertise in complex care proceedings. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Helen Curtis

Barrister (and mediator) specialising in areas where the liberty of the subject is at stake, particularly in mental health, prisoners and the Court of Protection. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Tetevi Davi

Barrister specialising in criminal defence, including serious violence, drugs and white-collar crime as well as appeals, inquiries and international law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Oscar Davies

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/oscar-davies/

Lalith de Kauwe

Barrister specialising in serious criminal defence, with a focus on murder, serious violence, large-scale Class A drug dealing and importation, human trafficking, public order and complex, high-value fraud. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Ubah Dirie

https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/ubah-dirie/

Sorrel Dixon

Barrister specialising in family law, particularly in the field of non-accidental injury and child sexual abuse, but she covers all proceedings relating to children including private law disputes and adoption. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Eva Doerr

https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/eva-doerr/

Henry Drayton

Barrister specialising in the law relating to children, with particular expertise in public law care proceedings, but also undertakes international children law work. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Valerie Easty

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/valerie-easty/

Andrew Eaton

Barrister specialising in in public and administrative law with particular expertise in asylum, EU free movement rights, the points based system and nationality. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Sebastian Elgueta

Barrister specialising in Court of Protection, homelessness appeals and judicial review cases, with particular expertise in complex trials and appeals. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

David Emanuel KC

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/david-emanuel/

Michael Engelhardt-Sprack

Michael Etienne

Barrister specialising in public law and human rights encompassing actions against the state in various forms, with particular expertise on cases involving detaining authorities, particularly police forces & prisons, and the overlap between civil and public law.

Emma Favata

Emma Favata specialises in civil claims against the police and public authorities, inquests and the ensuing civil claims, family law and Court of Protection. Emma has extensive trial experience and regularly appears in and advises on complex, challenging and novel cases. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers Profile

Emma Fenn

Barrister specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise in in sexual offences, serious violence and child abuse cases. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Edward Fitzpatrick

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/edward-fitzpatrick/

Emma Fitzsimons

Barrister specialising in public law barrister, with particular expertise in immigration, trafficking, community care, civil liberties and detention. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Helen Foot

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/helen-foot/

Laurie Fransman KC

Silk specialising in all aspects of immigration, nationality and asylum casework, with particular expertise in high-level protection cases, often involving situations generating multiple clients internationally. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Russell Fraser

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/russell-fraser/

Kevin Gannon

Barrister specialising in housing law, with particular expertise in homelessness and possession. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Mark Gatley KC

Silk specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise in serious and organised crime, and regularly acting for private clients. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Michael Goold

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/michael-goold/

Owen Greenhall

Barrister specialising in both criminal trials and civil claims relating to protests, including actions against the police and possession proceedings. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Edward Grieves KC

Edward Grieves KC is a public and immigration law barrister with particular expertise in closed material procedures, serious criminality, national security and terrorism. Edward was awarded Immigration Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards 2026. Garden Court Chambers Profile

Alex Grigg

Barrister specialising in public and civil law, with particular expertise in immigration, asylum, unlawful detention, planning, housing and environmental law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Raza Halim

Barrister specialising in public law, with particular expertise in refugee law and human rights in judicial review and appellate work in the fields of international protection, civil liberties and national security. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Will Hanson

Bethan Harris

Barrister specialising in community care law, social housing, Court of Protection and related areas of public law. http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/bethan-harris/

Stella Harris

Barrister specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise representing those accused of murder and serious violence and those with alleged connections to violent gang activity, where admission of bad character, association evidence and unhelpful stereotypes has been successfully challenged. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Stephanie Harrison KC

Barrister specialising in public law with particular expertise in unlawful detention, national security, official misconduct, abuse of power, child sexual exploitation, equality and discrimination, minority rights and civil rights protest and injunctions. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Zehrah Hasan

Carol Hawley

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/carol-hawley/

Sarah Hemingway

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/sarah-hemingway/

James Holmes

James specialises in the following areas: Children’s Law, Court of Protection and International Family Law. He is registered with the Bar Council to accept Public Access work. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Abigail Holt

Abigail is a barrister with over 25 years of experience focusing mainly on accident, disease, health and medical-related issues. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Bijan Hoshi

Barrister specialising in public law, with particular expertise in immigration law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Michael House

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/michael-house/

Sangeetha Iengar

Sangeetha Iengar | Garden Court Chambers

Michael Ivers KC

Barrister specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise in murder trials as well as human trafficking, serious drug offences, revenue fraud and sexual offences. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Rehab Jaffer

Barrister specialising in children law, with particular expertise representing young and vulnerable victims in asylum and public law claims aiding her trauma-informed practice. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Daniel Jameson

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/daniel-jameson/

Fatima Jichi

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/fatima-jichi/

David Jones

Barrister specialising in a wide range of areas, including immigration and nationality law, asylum and human rights law, civil liberties and administrative and public law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Maggie Jones

Barrister specialising in family law with particular expertise acting for parents and children in both public and private law cases and working with vulnerable clients. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Peter Jorro

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/peter-jorro/

Taimour Lay

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/taimour-lay/

Gordon Lee

Barrister specialising in Public Law, Immigration and Asylum, Civil Liberties and Human Rights with particular expertise in all aspects of immigration, deportation and unlawful detention work. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Lily Lewis

Barrister specialising in inquests and public inquiries, human rights, equality and discrimination law, judicial review and civil actions against public authorities. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Patrick Lewis

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/patrick-lewis/

Sharon Love

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/sharon-love/

Stephen Lue

Barrister specialising in family law, with particular expertise in public & private children law, financial remedies in divorce cases, international child abduction work & domestic violence. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Thalia Maragh

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/thalia-maragh/

Katharine Marks

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/katharine-marks/

Adrian Marshall Williams

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/adrian-marshall-williams/

Hamish McCallum

Barrister specialising in civil liberties and criminal defence with particular expertise in Protest Rights, Public Inquiries and Inquests. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Mary Mckeone

Barrister specialising in criminal defence with particular experience in serious violent and sexual offences. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Victoria Meads

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/victoria-meads/

James Mehigan

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/james-mehigan/

Gráinne Mellon

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/grainne-mellon/

Rajiv Menon KC

Barrister specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise in inquests & inquiries, police actions, extradition, regulatory law, criminal judicial review and ECHR applications. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Amanda Meusz

Barrister specialising in family law, with particular expertise in children's rights, public law matters, Deprivation of Liberty (DOLS) cases and fatalities, catastrophic injuries, poisoning, FII and sexual abuse. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Alia K. A. Mohammad

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/alia-akram

Angharad Monk

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/angharad-monk/

Keir Monteith KC

Silk specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise in criminal appeals, murders & joint enterprise, drug importations, and financial crime & fraud. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Maria Moodie

Barrister specialising in public law in the cross-over areas of community care, human trafficking & modern slavery, migrant welfare, and immigration & asylum law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Una Morris

Barrister specialising in civil liberties, human rights and public law, with particular expertise in police law, inquests & inquiries, data protection and defamation & privacy. She is Public Access qualified. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Hugh Mullan

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/hugh-mullan

Allison Munroe KC

Silk specialising in Family Public Law, Inquests/Inquiries, Crime and Mental Health with particular expertise on the protection of civil liberties. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Sonali Naik KC

Barrister specialising in public law cases and in all aspects of immigration, asylum and nationality law and practice. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Giles Newell

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/giles-newell/

Greg Ó Ceallaigh KC

Silk specialising in human rights, asylum and immigration, civil and public law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Catherine O’Donnell

Barrister specialising in defending individuals’ economic, social and human rights, particularly in housing & property law and in her civil practice. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Nadia O’Mara

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/nadia-omara/

Catherine Oborne

Barrister specialising in criminal defence, inquests as well as associated public law challenges, with particular expertise in criminal cases of a high level of complexity. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Olamide Ogunrinade

Barrister specialising in family law with particular expertise in areas that relate to children in public and private law matters. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Femi Omere

Femi Omere practised in the UK for over a decade as a human rights specialist and remains an Associate Member of Garden Court Chambers. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Elena Papamichael

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/elena-papamichael/

Sam Parham

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/sam-parham/

Icah Peart KC

Silk specialising in heavyweight criminal defence barrister with particular expertise in cases with political, civil libertarian, or racial dimensions. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Ollie Persey

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/ollie-persey/

Alistair Polson

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/alistair-polson/

Georgina Rea

Barrister specialising in public law, with particular expertise in housing, immigration & asylum, community care and education law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

David Renton

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/david-renton/

Richard Reynolds

Barrister specialising in international and international human rights practice, with particular expertise in public law, international criminal law and environmental law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Isaac Ricca-Richardson

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/isaac-ricca-richardson/

Mark Robinson

Barrister specialising in defending serious offences including homicide, serious organised crime, financial crime, and sexual offences. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Sam Robinson

Silk specialising in criminal defence, with particular expertise in murder, serious violence, complex conspiracy and fraud cases. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Patrick Roche

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/patrick-roche/

Alex Rose

Barrister specialising in criminal defence with particular expertise in terrorism, homicide complex organised crime, and serious fraud cases. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Hannah Rought-Brooks

Barrister specialising in family law, with particular expertise in complex public law proceedings and care, supervision, special guardianship and adoption. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Marguerite Russell

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/marguerite-russell/

Desmond Rutledge

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/desmond-rutledge/

Lyndsey Sambrooks-Wright

Barrister specialising in public children law, international family law and Court of Protection matters. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Maha Sardar

Barrister specialising in immigration, asylum and human rights with particular expertise representing asylum seekers and other vulnerable clients. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Sadat Sayeed

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/sadat-sayeed/

Alex Schymyck

Barrister specialising in public law and civil liberties, with expertise in judicial review work, Alex appears in asylum and human rights appeals. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

James Scobie KC

Silk specialising in defending criminal cases of gravity with particular expertise in murder, armed robbery, multi-handed conspiracies and fraud. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Duran Seddon KC

Silk specialising in immigration, human rights and public & social welfare law, with particular expertise in cases involving senior political and business figures. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

David Sellwood

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/david-sellwood/

Ruby Selva

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/ruby-selva/

Marina Sergides

Barrister specialising in social housing law, with particular expertise in nuisance possession proceedings, homelessness appeals, unlawful eviction & harassment claims, disrepair claims, judicial review, human rights, public law defences, disability discrimination and ASBO in the civil courts. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Smita Shah

Barrister specialising in child protection, child rights, women's rights and international human rights law and humanitarian law, capacity building, advocacy and litigation. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Eleanor Sibley

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/eleanor-sibley/

Stephen Simblet KC

Barrister specialising in civil claims against the police and public authorities; inquests; mental health and Court of Protection; public law/judicial review. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Abigail Smith

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/abigail-smith/

Bansi Soni

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/bansi-soni/

Mark Symes

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/mark-symes/

William Tautz

Barrister specialising in children’s family law with particular expertise in care proceedings, adoption, international cases, and deprivation of liberty. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Alex Taylor-Camara

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/alex-taylor-camara/

Rajeev Thacker

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/rajeev-thacker/

Leslie Thomas KC

Silk specialising in civil liberties and human rights, claims against the police and public authorities, inquests, public inquiries and public law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Ronan Toal

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/ronan-toal/

Nicos Trimikliniotis

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/nicos-trimikliniotis/

Paul Troop

Barrister specialising in human rights and civil liberties, both domestically and internationally. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Michael Turner KC

Barrister specialising in criminal law, with particular expertise in trial and appellate advocacy and referrals from the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Jennifer Twite

Barrister specialising in youth justice and children’s rights, with particular expertise in challenges regarding the disclosure of criminal records, criminal-justice-related judicial reviews and community care. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Jacqueline Vallejo

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/jacqueline-vallejo/

Tom Wainwright

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/tom-wainwright/

Malek Wan Daud

Barrister specialising in the law relating to children, with particular expertise in representing all parties in care proceedings, deprivation of liberty, secure accommodation, adoption (both domestic and international), forced marriage and FGM. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Christian Wasunna

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/christian-wasunna/

Amanda Weston KC

Barrister specialising in public and administrative law, with particular expertise in civil liberties and human rights, immigration, education, family and court of protection. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Lucie Wibberley

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/lucie-wibberley

Jo Wilding

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/jo-wilding/

Marc Willers KC

Barrister specialising in environmental law & climate justice; planning law; administrative & public law; civil liberties, human rights & discrimination law; and Gypsy, Roma & Traveller law. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Christopher Williams

Barrister practises in public law with an emphasis on inquests, immigration law, prisoners’ rights, mental health and emergency injunctions against public bodies. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Felicity Williams

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/felicity-williams/

Gerwyn Wise

Barrister specialising in criminal defence with particular experience defending as leading counsel in the most serious cases of violence, organised crime, sexual offences and fraud and confiscation. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers

Elizabeth Woodcraft

https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/elizabeth-woodcraft/

Susan Wright

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/susan-wright/

Colin Yeo

http://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/colin-yeo/

Hossein Zahir KC

Silk specialising in criminal defence work, with particular expertise acting in terrorism, public order and protest cases. Full Profile - Garden Court Chambers