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Maria Moodie has longstanding experience of supporting GREVIO in evaluating compliance with Chapter VII of #IstanbulConvention.

She will author a forthcoming Horizontal Review report that will identify recurring areas of non-compliance & gaps in protection for migrant & asylum-seeking women.📖 #VAWG

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) 🌍⚖️

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📣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.

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#CriminalBarrister #LeadingBarrister #CrimeSilk

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📢 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.

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✨💫 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👏👏👏

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Garden Court Chambers pays tribute to the #Hillsborough families, campaigners, & wider legal teams for their dedication.

The Bill has been supported by lawyers representing bereaved families in pursuit of justice. Among them: Pete Weatherby KC of @gcnchambers.bsky.social & Elkan Abrahamson at @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social, supported by Marcia Willis-Stewart of @birnbergpeirceciv.bsky.social & Garden Ct's Patrick Roche.

The legislation is the result of years of tireless campaigning by the Hillsborough families, Hillsborough Law Now (@hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social), INQUEST (@inquest-org.bsky.social) and many other campaigns.

🚨 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.

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Oscar Davies (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) is an award-winning barrister, ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ in Legal 500.

Oscar undertakes a range of civil & public law work, including employment, education law & human rights. Oscar won ‘LGBTQ+: Champion of the Year’ at Legal 500 ESG Awards 2024. 💫

"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 🔗
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Our Tim Baldwin (@timbgclaw.bsky.social) is co-chair of HLPA, a forum for housing law practitioners to share knowledge and come together to promote housing justice.

Garden Court is ranked in Band 1 of Chambers UK Bar Guide & Tier 1 in Legal 500, in recognition of our expertise in #HousingLaw. 🏘️

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 🔗
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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.

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Congratulations to Keir Monteith KC, a @uomsalc.bsky.social Simon Industrial and Professional fellow, on his recent promotion to Honorary Professor of Law.

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Adrian Berry KC (@berryadrianc.bsky.social) practices across the field of 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. ⚖️

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..."

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#HumanRights

Oscar Davies draws attention in @pinknews.bsky.social to how possible downgrading of #EHRC could impact its credibility: “Holding ‘A status’ accreditation enables an institution to speak at UN human rights forums, including Human Rights Council & lends credibility to its domestic work."

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 🔽
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Ollie Persey (@olliepersey.bsky.social) & Alex Temple of the Garden Ct #EducationLaw Team acted for the successful Respondent in defending the High Court order in TYC v Birmingham City Council [2025] EWHC 623 (Admin).

Link to judgment (BAILII) ⚖️🔽
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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.

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"I am confident one day soon, judges will acknowledge institutional racism in the justice system and take concerted action to combat it."

Keir said: "I would like to thank the University for promoting me and recognising the role academic research plays in identifying and evidencing institutional racism in our criminal justice system."

🎓💫 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.

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⚖️ 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 👇

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➡️Jury trials
➡️Racial bias
➡️Joint enterprise

Oscar Davies is instructed to act for the intervener alongside Robin White of Old Square Chambers (@oldsquarechambers.bsky.social).

Counsel instructed by Bethany Eldon Kerr and Kate Robinson of Leigh Day (@leigh-day.bsky.social).

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.

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Oscar Davies wins King’s College ‘Change Maker’ Award 2025 | Garden Court Chambers Garden Court barrister Oscar Davies has been awarded the King’s College Distinguished Alumni ‘Change Maker’ Award in recognition of their outstanding achievements. The Change Maker Award celebrates al...

Oscar (@nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social) is a dedicated advocate for trans & non-binary legal professionals & continues to be recognised:
🌟 Legal 500 LGBTQ+ Champion of the Year
🌟 Shortlisted: Young Pro Bono Barrister, Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024

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🌟🎓 ‘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.

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