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Administrative & Public Law - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Martin Westgate KC typically acts for individual claimants and NGOs seeking to challenge secondary legislation and public body decisions. He is particularly strong in cases involving welfare cuts, housing and discrimination.
Strengths
Martin is super bright with very brilliant insights. He is a real intellectual heavyweight.
Martin is adept with dealing with arguments. He has a measured and slightly unassuming style and he has the ear of the court on appellate work.
Martin is a genius. He is a brilliant lawyer in terms of the scope of his knowledge of vast swathes of law and his ability to synthesise those and write beautifully.
Martin is a treasure. He gives really quick and practical advice. His knowledge of the strange areas of law that come up in judicial review is second to none.
Martin provides first-class advice in a very timely manner.
Social Housing - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Martin Westgate KC is a respected leader of the public law team at Doughty Street and widely considered to be a go-to silk for tenants and applicants. He has been involved in high-profile cases concerning the housing benefit cap and the so-called 'bedroom tax'. He regularly acts on matters where human rights and housing law interact. A further area of expertise lies in advising local authorities on policy issues.
Strengths
Martin is a top-class barrister who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of housing law. He produces high-quality pleadings and is able to deal quickly with complex issues.
Martin is extremely clever and generous with his time. He is very easy to work with. He would be my first choice on any housing matter which justified a KC.
Local Government - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Martin Westgate KC is an erudite silk with vast experience at the Bar and a broad practice encompassing public sector law, housing and social care. He demonstrates particular strength in appellate work and regularly appears before the Administrative Court.
Strengths
Martin is brilliant and he will leave no stone unturned.
Community Care - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Martin Westgate KC is a widely renowned silk with a depth of experience in housing and social welfare work and its relation to community care. He is also well regarded for his handling of immigration and trafficking cases.
Strengths
Martin is wise and compassionate.
Civil Liberties & Human Rights - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Martin Westgate KC is a distinguished human rights barrister with a broad practice. He is also leader of the Doughty Street Chambers public law team. His complementary expertise in the areas of social housing and welfare serves to strengthen his work in the field of civil liberties and human rights. He has undertaken cases concerning the right to life, freedom from detention and the right to protest.
Strengths
Martin Westgate is a genius on administrative law.
Martin Westgate is really good.
Martin is Doughty Street's top public lawyer.