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Temple Garden Chambers is proud to announce its remarkable performance in the 2025 Legal 500 UK Bar Guide, receiving a total of 54 rankings across 9 practice areas. This year’s edition reflects the continued excellence and dedication of our barristers…
The final report on the Grenfell disaster has been published this morning, six years after the inquiry began hearing evidence about what led to the deaths of 72 people in a fire in 2017. Several members of Chambers have been…
We are delighted to announce that Kathryn Howarth has been appointed as a Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber. Kathryn’s appointment will take effect from 21 May 2024. Alongside her new role, Kathryn will continue to…
The Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff, has today published his Final Report. The Inquiry was established to examine the circumstances in which men, women and children were given infected blood or infected blood products in what…
Rodney Dixon KC and Kathryn Howarth have filed an Article 15 Communication at the International Criminal Court, requesting that the Prosecutor open an investigation into alleged Crimes against humanity in Tunisia. Since what has been described as a “coup” by…
TGC has once again been recognised in the 2024 Legal 500 UK Bar rankings, with 58 individual rankings across 11 practice areas. The Legal 500 UK Bar is a reputable ranking system that recognises the UK’s top barristers and…
The applicants in Ghannouchi and Others v Republic of Tunisia obtained an order from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 28 August 2023 that puts into place provisional measures to protect leading Tunisian opposition politicians who are…
TGC are delighted to announce that Sian Reeves’s application for the Attorney General “A” Panel of counsel has been successful, having previously been on the “B” Panel. We are also pleased to announce that Kathryn Howarth & Saoirse Townshend’s application…
Between 10th and 28th July 2023 Sir Ernest Ryder, appointed as Judge Coroner heard the inquest into the death of Marine Benjamin McQueen at the Royal Courts of Justice. The Judge Coroner ruled that Marine McQueen died on 14 November…
Kathryn Howarth represented the Requested Person at his extradition hearing before District Judge Turnock on 16 June 2023, who on 4 July 2023 handed down a judgment discharging the Requested Person from the extradition proceedings at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He…
