Garden Court North Chambers has an administrative law and human rights practice notable for the breadth and depth of its skills and experience, with specialties in human rights elements of large public inquiries, representing children and vulnerable individuals, and in EU, immigration and asylum law. Pete Weatherby KC is a highly experienced public and human rights law specialist, and Anna Morris KC leads in cases regarding the civil obligations of local authorities and has been recently instructed in an inquiry into individuals impacted by the Covid-19 vaccine. The set also has a remarkable depth of juniors: Tom Royston appears regularly in a range of courts – with a track record of work in appellate work – regarding social security appeals.

Kings Chambers‘ administrative law and human rights group is led by Sam Karim KC, who leads on judicial reviews and on cases concerning the Human Rights Act 1998. Stephanie Hall‘s broad public and administrative law practice includes cases regarding cladding, while Shemuel Sheikh has recently led on a decision called in by the Secretary of State concerning protected tenancies under the Agricultural Holding Act 1986.

Lincoln House Chambers‘ administrative law and human rights offering synthesises the experience of barristers across a range of fields, and the set’s leading individuals are regularly instructed by large law firms and government departments for their work in court. ‘Articulate and effective in his advocacy’, coronial law expert David Pojur leads on prominent post-mortem inquests as well as judicial reviews in the High Court, and the ‘clear and concise’ Matthew Howarth has a broad range of administrative law experience in judicial reviews, immigration appeals and on cases concerning the Care Act 2014. Richard Dawson is a regulatory and transport law specialist who represents national operators in disputes with public authorities in order to avert public inquiries.

With ‘strength in depth and genuine expertise’, Doughty Street Chambers have been long renowned for specialising in human rights law, and on the Northen Circuit the chambers can field the talents of Nick Stanage and Paul Draycott. ‘A tenacious advocate with an impressive grasp of the law’, Stanage has considerable domestic and international human rights experience, and has led recently on public inquiries into child sexual abuse, historic undercover policing, and a breach of right to life under ECHR Article 2.

‘Accommodating, specialists in their field and always so helpful’, Exchange Chambers advise local authorities and housing providers on a range of complex administrative law and human rights concerns. The experienced Louis Browne KC has a multifaceted public law practice, with recent work spanning cases from inquests and judicial reviews to the extent of mental healthcare provisions of local authorities, with a number that engaged right to life provisions under ECHR Article 2 as well as the Equality Act 2010.