News & Views
Protest Rights, Environmental Protest, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Friday 24 May 2024
Friends of the Earth takes legal challenge against anti-protest injunctions to European Court of Human Rights
Friends of the Earth is represented in these proceedings by Stephanie Harrison KC, Stephen Clark and Fatima Jichi of Garden Court Chambers and by Wessen Jazrawi at the law firm Hausfeld.
Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Wednesday 22 May 2024
Marc Willers KC and Acland Bryant co-author climate justice article in Writ Magazine Spring 2024 Issue
Marc Willers KC and Acland Bryant of the Garden Court Environmental Law & Climate Justice Team have co-written an article featured in The Writ Magazine, published by the Law Society of Northern Ireland.
International Human Rights, Garden Court International, Environmental Law and Climate Justice | Tuesday 21 May 2024
Irena Sabic KC and Thalia Maragh conduct legal empowerment training for Ogiek community in Kenya
Our Irena Sabic KC and Thalia Maragh volunteered with International Lawyers Project (ILP) to deliver training for the Ogiek community in Kenya.
Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Tuesday 9 April 2024
European Court of Human Rights finds Swiss government violated Convention rights in a landmark climate justice ruling
Marc Willers KC and Richard Harvey, both of the Garden Court Chambers Environmental Law and Climate Justice Team, represent the Swiss Senior Women in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland as part of an international legal team.
Planning Law, International Environmental Law, Garden Court International | Thursday 4 April 2024
Acland Bryant joins Garden Court Chambers as new tenant
We are delighted to announce that Acland has joined Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant.
Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Production, International Environmental Law | Thursday 28 March 2024
European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber to Deliver Rulings in Landmark Climate Justice Cases
Marc Willers KC and Richard Harvey represent the Swiss Senior Women in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland. Richard Reynolds and Paul Clark represent the youth-applicants in Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others.
Environmental Law and Climate Justice, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights | Tuesday 27 February 2024
Privy Council holds that islanders have standing to challenge construction of runway on Barbuda
Marc Willers KC, Leslie Thomas KC, Stephen Cottle and Thalia Maragh, of Garden Court Chambers’ Environmental Law and Climate Justice Team, represent John Mussington and Jacklyn Frank pro bono, instructed by Theo Solley of Sheridans. Global Legal Action Ne
Environmental Protest, Protest Rights, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Friday 2 February 2024
Greenpeace activists acquitted in trial alongside Greta Thunberg
Owen Greenhall, of the Garden Court Protest Team, was instructed be Mike Schwarz of Hodge Jones and Allen solicitors. Raj Chada also of Hodge Jones & Allen represented the co-defendants.
