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Chambers news 4 April 2025

Covid-19 Inquiry: Module 5 hears how government failures led to PPE shortages during the pandemic

Garden Court North’s Pete Weatherby (pictured) delivers his opening submission during Module 5 of the Covid-19 Inquiry on 3 March, 2025. Credit: Covid-19 Inquiry /...

Chambers news 4 April 2025

Joanne Sharkey receives suspended prison sentence for manslaughter of her newborn child on the basis of diminished responsibility

Joanne Sharkey was sentenced today (4 April 2025) at Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts (pictured) in Derby Square, Liverpool. Credit: Raymond Orton / Shutterstock.  ...

Chambers news 2 April 2025

Dean Johnstone pleads guilty to murder of Karen Youdell

Dean Johnstone’s pre-trial review took place at Manchester Crown Court (pictured). Credit: Stephen Richards / Creative Commons.   Dean Johnstone pleaded guilty to the murder...

Chambers news 26 March 2025

Inquest determines neglect contributed to the death of David Lodge

Garden Court North Chambers’ Ciara Bartlam represented David Lodge’s sister, Keri, at Hull Coroner’s Court (pictured) Credit: Hudgell Solicitors.    In December 2024, an inquest...

Chambers news 25 March 2025

Rosalind Burgin’s client walks free over environmental protest at Drax train line

Rosalind Burgin represented Dr Diana Warner during her trial for protesting outside Drax Power Station (pictured), the UK’s largest power station. Credit: Drax.    Environmental...

Chambers news 21 March 2025

High Court of Justice grants limited protest injunction from University of Cambridge after legal intervention

Garden Court North’s Mira Hammad was instructed to intervene in the University of Cambridge’s request, which initially sought a five-year injunction against pro-Palestine protests (pictured)....

Chambers news 21 March 2025

Presence of a police vehicle engaged in a pursuit “significantly contributed” to deaths of Ryan Duffy and Ellie Marsden, inquest jury finds

Christian Weaver (pictured at a speaking event in Liverpool Town Hall) represented Ryan Duffy’s family. Credit: Broudie Jackson.   An inquest jury has concluded that...

Chambers news 18 March 2025

Rosalind Burgin and Mira Hammad secure acquittal for Just Stop Oil campaigners prosecuted for causing public nuisance of Open Golf Championship

The Just Stop Oil campaigners were removed from the Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club (pictured) during a protest in July 2023. Credit:...

Chambers news 18 March 2025

Garden Court North Chambers’ Tom Royston appears in Supreme Court appeal

Garden Court North Chambers’ barrister Tom Royston (pictured) in the Supreme Court on 12 March, 2025. Credit: Supreme Court.   In Secretary of State for Work...

Chambers news 13 March 2025

Garden Court North Chambers and the University of Manchester host the inaugural Mark George KC Memorial Lecture: Miscarriages of justice following the Hillsborough disaster

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham (pictured) introduces the Mark George Memorial Lecture on 13 February, 2025, at the University of Manchester. Credit: Alex Blair...

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