News & Views
Criminal Defence | Tuesday 19 January 2021
Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team call for urgent action to limit spread of Covid in the courts
Administrative and Public Law, Youth Justice & Child Rights, Criminal Defence | Friday 15 January 2021
Government announces children will be exempt from the recent extension to custody time limits
Joanne Cecil of the Garden Court Chambers Youth Justice & Child Rights Team has worked tirelessly to achieve this fantastic result.
Criminal Defence | Wednesday 6 January 2021
Jury acquits defendant of manslaughter with verdict delivered in just over two hours
James Scobie QC of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team represented the defendant.
Criminal Defence | Thursday 17 December 2020
Anya Lewis and Sam Robinson of the Garden Court Chambers Crime Team to be appointed Queen’s Counsel
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Anya Lewis and Sam Robinson of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team will be formally appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2021.
Criminal Defence | Tuesday 15 December 2020
High Court significant victory for victims of trafficking and modern slavery in DPP v M
Brenda Campbell QC and Sam Parham of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team have secured a significant victory for victims of trafficking and modern slavery in DPP v M in the Divisional Court.
Criminal Defence, Criminal Appeals | Wednesday 9 December 2020
Court of Appeal upholds suspended sentence for animal rights activist
Michael Goold of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team represented the defendant.
Criminal Defence | Wednesday 2 December 2020
Appeal against sentence allowed due to double counting and too high an uplift for aggravating factors
Shahida Begum of the Garden Court Criminal Defence Team was assigned by the Registrar to represent the applicant who had lodged his own grounds of appeal.
Criminal Defence | Wednesday 2 December 2020
GBH case dismissed following successful defence application
Sam Parham, of the Garden Court Criminal Defence Team, was instructed by Cislyn Spence at Edward Fail Bradshaw & Waterson.
