Garden Court Chambers

Heads of Chambers: Stephanie Harrison KC, Rajiv Menon KC, Liz Davies KC

Director of Clerking: Colin Cook

Deputy Director of Clerking and Immigration Practice Manager: Lisa O'Leary

Senior Crime Team Practice Manager: Charlie Tenant

Senior Civil Liberties & Housing Practice Manager: Tim Hempsted

Civil Liberties & Housing Practice Manager: Joe Fraser

Senior Public Law and Social Welfare Practice Manager: Gavin John

Family Practice Manager: Nick Constantinou

Immigration Practice Manager: Harriet Massie

THE CHAMBERS

Garden Court Chambers is a number one ranked barristers’ chambers committed to fighting injustice, defending human rights and upholding the rule of law. We advise solicitors, members of the public, organisations and businesses across the UK and around the world.

Our motto, ‘Do right, fear no one’, embodies our longstanding ethos: we are dedicated to fighting your corner, no matter how powerful the opponent.

Garden Court has a proud history of winning ground-breaking cases of constitutional importance. Our legal challenges have overturned great injustices in many landmark decisions.

Equally, our barristers fight hard for clients in countless cases that don’t hit the headlines, but are nonetheless vital for defending the rights of those we represent.

We are the largest barristers’ chambers in London with 200 leading barristers, including 30 KCs. We offer clients an unrivalled breadth and depth of inter-disciplinary expertise.

Awards

Between 2015 and 2023, Garden Court’s awards include:

• Immigration Set of the Year, Legal 500 Awards 2023
• Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards (winners in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2015 and finalists in 2017 and 2016)
• LexisNexis Awards 2023, Highly Commended
• Crime Set of the Year, Legal 500 Awards (finalists 2023, 2016 and 2017, winners 2015)
• Public Law Set of the Year, Legal 500 Awards 2022
• Outstanding Contribution to Diversity & Inclusion, Finalist, Chambers Bar Awards 2022
• BSN Lawyer of the Year, UK Diversity Legal Awards 2021
• Human Rights and Public Law Silk of the Year, Finalist, Chambers Bar Awards 2021 and 2019
• Outstanding Contribution to Diversity & Inclusion, Winners, Chambers Bar Awards 2020 and 2019
• Silk of the Year 2020, Women in Law Awards
• Crime Silk of the Year, Legal 500 Awards 2019
• Crime Set of the Year, Chambers Bar Awards (finalist 2021)
• Public Law Set of the Year 2017, Legal 500 Awards (finalists)
• Human Rights and Public Law Set of the Year 2016, Chambers UK Bar Awards
• Outstanding Achievement Award, Modern Law Awards 2016

Types of work undertaken: Administrative and public law; civil liberties and human rights (claims against the police and public authorities; immigration detention civil claims; inquests and inquiries, protest law and prison law); social welfare; Court of Protection; community care law, criminal defence; education; employment and discrimination law; environmental law; extradition law; family law (Children law, financial remedies and international family law); fraud; housing law; immigration law (asylum and human rights, business and private); mental health law; planning law; property law; regulatory law; Romani Gypsy and Traveller rights; welfare benefits, children's rights law, commercial & business ethics.

Garden Court International provides advice, representation and training to clients worldwide on best practice in criminal law and procedure, international human rights and humanitarian law.

Garden Court Mediation provides an alternative dispute resolution service in all types of civil disputes.

Many Garden Court Chambers’ barristers are eligible to accept work directly from lay clients as part of the public access scheme.