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, and Farrhat Arshad , succeeded in the Court of Appeal in R v Baird. Nick Stanage , who specialises in civil actions against the police, ‘brings a case to life; his cross examination is exciting, precise and without mercy’; he acted for the defendant in the high-profile Jason Paul v Chief Constable of Humberside Police case."
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."
Regulatory and public law
"Garden Court North Chambers’ Melanie Plimmer , who brings a ‘strong legal mind and court presence’ appeared on the winning side as junior counsel in the precedent House of Lords case SSHD v K, Fornah v SSHD and Adam Fullwood ‘is a leading light’ in all housing matters and has a long track record of successful tenant representation."
Quick links
> Garden Court North Chambers debut in Legal 500 - 18/09/2006
