Legal 500 recommends
14/09/2007
The 2007 edition of the Legal 500 was published today with Garden Court North recommended as a Northern Circuit Leading Set "with counsel noted for an unswerving commitment to civil liberties".
Following Chambers' debut in the Legal 500 in 2006, the new edition recommends six individual members, up by two from last year's total. Along with recognition as a leading set on the northern circuit, chambers is also recommended in the practice areas of crime (including prison and police law), employment and public law (including immigration and housing).
UK LEGAL 500 - 2007 recommendations
Regional Bar - Northern Circuit Leading Sets
"Garden Court North Chambers celebrated a decade of publicly funded work in public law and crime, with counsel noted for an unswerving commitment to civil liberties."
Crime
"Garden Court North Chambers’ ‘exceptional’ Pete Weatherby , with a formidable reputation in police and prison law, appeared for the appellant in the high-profile R (Lunn) v Governor of HMP Moorland..."
Employment
"Garden Court North Chambers tends to handle claimant work in employment cases and attracts a high volume of cases country wide; John Hobson appeared in the ‘part-time workers’ pensions’ case Betts v The Boots Company Plc."
Quick links
> Garden Court North Chambers debut in Legal 500 - 18/09/2006
