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Geeta Koska

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Work Department

Housing; Actions against the police; Civil litigation; Civil liberties and human rights; Environment.

Position

Geeta practises in all areas of housing, actions against the police and public authorities, public law and discrimination. She is an innovative and determined advocate, who works tirelessly for her clients.

By combining her great technical skill with her broad legal knowledge, Geeta is able to provide clients with robust and practical advice and representation. She provides strategic insight and is adept in dealing with complex legal issues that cut across human rights, discrimination and international law.

Geeta is regularly instructed on behalf of clients with multiple vulnerabilities, and she prides herself on her clear and sensitive approach and adapting to the needs of her clients.

Prior to the Bar, Geeta worked as a paralegal at a well established solicitors’ firm, Edwards Duthie Shamash, assisting in complex group litigation against the prison service and judicial review proceedings. She has a Masters in International Law, and has experience in strategic litigation in the field of business and human rights as well as environmental law.

“Geeta has consistently demonstrated her prowess as one of the most capable up and coming barristers. Her advocacy is precise and piercing.”

– Scott-Moncrieff & Associates

Career

Called to the Bar 2018

Languages

Italian (proficient)

Memberships

• Police Action Lawyers Group
• Human Rights Lawyers Association
• Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
• Housing Law Practitioners’ Association

Education

• First class degree in Law, University of York;
• International Law Masters, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, being awarded the LaLive Scholarship;
• Bar Course, City Law School, being awarded a Rosie Keane Memorial Prize;
• Lincoln’s Inn Hardwicke, Denning and Shelford Scholarships.