Internationally renowned barristers with a multi-disciplinary approach to multi-jurisdictional casework. Strong emphasis on human rights and civil liberties.
Doughty Street Chambers is immensely proud to congratulate Farrhat Arshad KC (
@DoughtyStCrime
) who was formally sworn in at the King’s Counsel Appointment Ceremony at Westminster Hall today, 18 March 2024.
Farrhat was appointed as King’s Counsel following the rigorous process…
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to announce that Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC (
@caoilfhionnanna
) has been appointed as an Adjunct Full Professor in University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, assigned to the UCD Sutherland School of Law (
@UCDLawSchool
).
🎉It is with huge honour and pride that we can announce
@MayaSikand
, Emma Goodall, Jamie Burton (
@JamieBurton29
), and Adam Straw to be appointed as Queen’s Counsel!🎉
Read more about our new silks here:
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to welcome Abimbola Johnson (
@BarristerAbi
) who joins our Actions Against the Police & Inquests and Inquiries team.
Read more here 🔽
It is with deepest sorrow that Chambers announces the death of our beloved colleague, Isabella (“Issy”) Forshall KC.
We offer our sincerest condolences to Issy's husband Tim and all of her family at this distressing time.
We are delighted to announce that both Donnchadh Greene (
@dongreene
) and Tayyiba Bajwa were successful in their pupillage to tenancy applications!
A huge congratulations to both of them!
Read more here:
As she steps down as Chair of the Criminal Bar Association (
@TheCriminalBar
), Doughty Street is proud to recognise the huge contribution that our very own Kirsty Brimelow KC (
@Kirsty_Brimelow
) made to the Criminal Bar during her year in office. She took over at a time of crisis…
It is with profound grief that Chambers announces the death of our irreplaceable and cherished colleague, Heather Rogers KC.
The Doughty Street family extend our heartfelt sympathies to Heather’s wife Julie, and all her family and friends at this distressing time.
The memorial…
Farrhat Arshad to be appointed King’s Counsel.
Doughty Street Chambers is immensely proud to announce that our leading crime junior, Farrhat Arshad, has been appointed King’s Counsel following her success in the 2023 competition.
Farrhat is a specialist criminal barrister whose…
Congratulations to
@MayaSikand
, Emma Goodall,
@JamieBurton29
and Adam Straw who have been sworn in as Queen's Counsel today. We are hugely proud of their achievements!
#SilksDay
🎉
We are delighted to announce
@judebunting
has been shortlisted for Barrister of the Year and we have been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year at The
#LawyerAwards
2020! 🎉
Read more here:
It is with enormous sadness that we have to announce that Stephen Knafler QC has passed away in hospital after a short illness.
Chambers offers its support and deepest condolences to Stephens family. They are very much in our thoughts at this tragic time.
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Human Rights and Public Law awards are Juniors, Jude Bunting from
@DoughtyStreet
Silks, Tom Hickman QC from
@BlackstoneChbrs
and the Sets goes to Blackstone Chambers. Congratulations to our winners.
#chambersukbarawards2020
Doughty Street Chambers is thrilled and proud to announce that our leading juniors, Joe Middleton, Jonathan Lennon, Garry Green, Benjamin Newton (
@Ben_Newton_DSC
) and Fiona Murphy have been appointed King’s Counsel!🎉
Join Amal Clooney, Geoffrey Robertson and
@Billbrowder
on Thursday 1st April to launch Mr Robertson’s new book on a “Plan B for Human Rights”. This webinar will be of interest to all concerned about
#InternationalAffairs
and
#HumanRights
.
Register here:
We are delighted to announce that Kate Gibson (
@_Kate_Gibson
) has joined us as an Associate Tenant
@DoughtyStIntl
.
Kate specialises in international criminal law, and international human rights law.
Read more here 🔽
.
@TheLawyermag
has named Doughty Street Chambers’
@AdamWagner1
‘Barrister of the Week’ for his work on coronavirus law. Read about Adam’s work and its importance to the public understanding of the Coronavirus Act and Regulations here:
We are pleased to announce that
@Kirsty_Brimelow
QC has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge!
Her appointment will take effect on 1st October 2021.
VACANCY: Personal Assistant and Researcher to Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
@caoilfhionnanna
.
Caoilfhionn heads the
@DoughtyStIntl
Media Defence Panel, co-chairs the DSC Children’s Rights Group, and is Deputy Head of the Media Team.
Read more and apply here:
We are immensely proud to congratulate Fiona Murphy, Joe Middleton, Jonathan Lennon, Garry Green and
@Ben_Newton_DSC
who were formally sworn in today at the King’s Counsel Appointment Ceremony at Westminster Hall. 🎉
#SilksDay
Read more here 🔽
Isabella Forshall KC – a brilliant rebel with a cause – An obituary by Helena Kennedy KC
Baroness Helena Kennedy KC has written an obituary for our beloved colleague, Isabella Forshall KC, after her untimely passing last month. (1/2)
🔽
Asma Nizami, Nancy Williams and Violet Smart join Doughty Street Chambers.
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to welcome three new members Asma Nizami and Nancy Williams who join our Court of Protection Team and Violet Smart who joins our Criminal Law Team.
Read more 🔽…
We're delighted and honoured to announce that our Tim Moloney KC, Fiona Murphy KC and Shu Shin Luh have received awards at the
#Legal500
Bar Awards 2023.
Tim Moloney KC, Chair of Chambers’ Management Board, received the ‘Crime and Extradition Silk of the Year’ award;
Fiona…
We are delighted to announce the winners of our inaugural annual essay competition Toyin, Luna and Prakruti! They masterfully answered this year’s question and will each receive a cash prize and ongoing mentoring from a barrister within our chambers! 1/
On 19 November 2020, join us for the
@DoughtyStreet
Annual Children’s Rights Lecture 2020. It will be jointly delivered by
@Bruce_Adamson
@CYPCS
& Beccie White (15); chaired by Lady Hale; & with a panel discussion in response with experts in the field.
#ChildRightsDSC
1/2
Julian Assange will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, attended by Jennifer Robinson
@suigenerisjen
and appearing on his behalf will be Liam Walker
@LiamWalker_7
(re breach of bail) and Ben Cooper
@cooper_lion
(re US extradition request).
We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Trowler QC has been appointed a Senior Circuit Judge to sit at the Old Bailey.
We wish Rebecca all the very best in this exciting next stage in her career!
A massive night of success for DSC at
@WeAreAdvocate
Bar Pro Bono Awards!
@TatyanaEatwell
was awarded International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year,
@MeredithCAMM
for Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year & DSC's Green Team for the Sustainability Initiative of the Year! 🎉
Huge congratulations to our very own Sian Wilkins who was awarded Mentor of the Year at tonight's
@First100years
Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2022! 🎉
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to announce that our pupils, Cara Hall, Louise Willocx, Hannah Smith, and Nikila Kaushik, have completed their first six and are now on their feet and accepting instructions in their own cases.
Read more here:
ANNOUNCEMENT📢
DSC's International Women's Day Celebration is back for 2024!
Every year, we bring together a diverse group of lawyers, judges, politicians, campaigners & academics to explore what more the law can do for women and girls.
#IWD2024
Our panel discussions will…
Congratulations to Baroness Helena Kennedy QC who was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at tonight's
@ModernLawMag
Awards 2022! 🎉
#MLAwards22
High Court to decide whether it was lawful of the Govt not to give nearly 2million people on disability benefits the same £1040 increase given to Universal Credit recipients.
@JamieBurton29
& Desmond Routledge
@gardencourtlaw
instructed by
@OsbornesLaw
Ruby Peacock (
@RubyPeacock19
), Jessie Smith (
@jsmithlawyer
), Finnian Clarke (
@finnian_clarke
) and Rachel Woodward join Doughty Street as Full Tenants.
We are delighted to announce that Ruby Peacock, Jessie Smith, Finnian Clarke and Rachel Woodward have successfully completed…
Many congratulations to our five successful pupillage candidates, we look forward to welcoming you to Doughty Street Chambers in 2022!
Best wishes to all the newly appointed pupils who will be commencing pupillage next year.
We are delighted to welcome Melanie Simpson KC who joins our
@DoughtyStCrime
team from 25 Bedford Row.
Melanie Simpson KC is a highly regarded criminal defence barrister who is sought after by professional and lay clients.
Read more here 🔽
We have launched our inaugural Essay Writing competition aimed @ young people aged 16-18. Judged by prestigious DSC barristers & alumni with the winner to be awarded a cash prize & ongoing mentoring for 12-24 months!
🗓️Deadline: 31 Jan 2021
💻See here: 1/3
Doughty Street Chambers wins Set of the Year for both Crime and Media at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2023.
We are delighted to announce that our teams for Media and Crime were award winners at this year’s Chambers & Partners Bar Awards, with Doughty Street Chambers…
We are thrilled to announce we have been nominated for Crime Set of the Year and Human Rights and Public Law Set of the Year at the
#ChambersBarAwards
2020!🎉
Today we launch our first essay writing competition aimed at people aged 16-18!✍️
Judged by prestigious DSC barristers and alumni with the winner to be awarded a cash prize and ongoing mentoring for 12-24 months!
📅Deadline: 31 Jan 2021
💻See here:
Laura Dubinsky QC and
@APatyna
@DoughtyStImm
instructed by UN High Commissioner for Refugees in case concerning UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership.
Read more here 🔽
We are delighted to announce
@AliceLIrving
has been nominated for Legal Aid Newcomer at this year's
@LALYawards
!🎉
Her nomination for the award has stemmed from her impressive work in both housing and education over the past year!
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to announce that Laura Dubinsky KC and Aarif Abraham have been shortlisted at this year's
@WeAreAdvocate
Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024.
Laura Dubinsky KC has been shortlisted for Pro Bono KC of the Year and Aarif Abraham (
@aarif_abraham
) has been…
@AdamWagner1
Meet one of our esteemed judges from our upcoming Annual Essay Competition. Introducing Chris Packham (
@ChrisGPackham
), a broadcaster, and an environmental and animal welfare activist.
Chris is an ambassador for numerous wildlife and environmental NGOs, and organises his own…
We have great pleasure in announcing that Heather Rogers QC, Caroline Addy, and Claire Overman are joining Chambers. These three exceptional barristers will add hugely to our media, defamation & privacy team, and our data & information law team.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Mark George KC, Head of Chambers at Garden Court North. He was a wonderful, wise, tough and fair fighter for justice and for his clients, and a profoundly decent man. He will be sorely missed.
Doughty Street Chambers are proud to announce the appointment of 18 members on the Equality and Human Rights Commission Panel (
@EHRC
).
Read more here:
On 22 April, we will host the launch of ‘Why Can’t You Hear Me?’, a story of an extraordinary young woman, Colette McCulloch, her struggles with high functioning autism & medics who treated her & her parents who fought powerful institutions to uncover failings in her care 1/
As we conclude
#BlackHistoryMonth
2023, we didn’t want October to pass without highlighting and giving Black women their flowers. The theme of this month was “Saluting our Sisters” and as a Chambers we want to ensure that Black History is more than a month. To that end we are…
Doughty Street Chambers is extremely proud to announce that Ben Cooper (
@cooper_lion
) has been appointed to the rank of Queen’s Counsel and will be sworn in at a ceremony on Monday the 16th of March 2020
High court to hear crowdfunded challenge to 'begging fines'
Landmark case will consider whether councils’ public space protection orders unfairly target homeless people -
@JamieBurton29
of Doughty Street Chambers will act as counsel pro-bono
We are thrilled to announce that Tom Stoate (
@TomStoate
) is set to join our Inquests and Public Inquiries team on Monday 15th March 2021 from Garden Court Chambers.
Read more here:
Pupillage commencing 2022 will be unaffected by the current pandemic. Stay tuned to the Pupillage Gateway from 27 November 2020 to start making your applications!
Any questions, please feel free to get in contact at recruitment
@doughtystreet
.co.uk.
We are delighted to announce that
@KatrinaWalcott
, Rosa Polaschek and Stephanie Davin have successfully completed their pupillages and join Doughty Street as tenants.
Read more here 🔽
We are delighted to welcome Finnian Clarke, Ruby Peacock (
@RubyPeacock19
), Rachel Woodward, Jessie Smith (
@jsmithlawyer
) and Ife Kubler-Agyemang as they embark on their pupillage journey here at Doughty Street. 🎉
Read more here 🔽
We have been awarded the Diversity & Inclusion: Outstanding Set award at tonight's
#ChambersUKBarAwards
! 🎉
Congratulations team DSC!
To find out more about Diversity at Doughty Street, see here:
We are delighted to announce that Professor Ludovic Hennebel (
@LudoHennebel
) has joined us as an Associate Tenant
@DoughtyStIntl
.
Prof. Hennebel specialises in public international law, international human rights law and transnational litigation strategy.
Thanks again to everyone who applied for Pupillage with DSC commencing 2022! We have been so impressed. If you applied for a Pupillage, please check the gateway as candidates who will be invited for an interview have been selected. Dates will be shared next week.
We are delighted to announce that Shanthi Sivakumaran (
@siva_shanthi
) has joined our Inquests and Public Inquiries team from No5 Chambers.
Read more here:
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to welcome Sarah Dobbie (
@sarahcdobbie
) who joins us from 5 Essex Court.
Sarah specialises in public and administrative law, asylum and immigration, and international law.
Read more here 🔽
We are delighted to announce that Garry Green and Rabah Kherbane (
@RabahKherbane
) have been appointed Trustees of the Kalisher Trust!
The announcement from the
@KalisherTrust
can be found here:
Doughty Street Chambers are hosting a series of events which explore the impact of
#BlackLivesMatter
in the UK.
The third event, 'Black Lives Lost: race, mortality and Covid-19', is on Thursday 11 February at 17:30pm (GMT). Register here: 1/3
Helena Kennedy QC's story has been added to the inspirational digital library project of
@First100Years
charting 100 years of pioneering women in the law. Helena will also be in action at our
#DoughtyStWomen
#IWD2019
event. All info here:
#legallyhers
Join us on 6 March 2021 to celebrate
#InternationalWomensDay
with an event organised by
#DoughtyStWomen
; it will focus on the impacts of COVID-19 on women's rights. To read more about the event & register, click here:
Join us on Weds 17th March at 6pm when the new chair of our
#wellbeing
team,
@MaryRachel_McC
will be in conversation with
@RachelKFrancis
&
@joanna_fleck
, discussing their new book on vicarious trauma and burnout in the legal profession.
Book here:
5 of our Juniors are nominated for Junior of the Year in the following categories:
Immigration Junior of the Year | Alasdair Mackenzie
Immigration Junior of the Year | Shu Shin Luh
International Law Junior of the Year | Tatyana Eatwell (
@TatyanaEatwell
)
Public Law Junior of the…
Join us on 10 February for 'Queering the Equality Act 2010' - chaired by Joe Middleton; we will hear from
@dongreene
,
@AliceLIrving
&
@JonathanCoopr
@outystreet
. They will reimagine key Equality Act 2010 judgments from an intersectional queer perspective.
On 21 October, join us for our Business and Human Rights Roundtable: 'Climate Due Diligence - Can it Stop Climate Change?' & launch of our Environmental Justice Group chaired by
@KMhumanrights
&
@mcornaglia94
,
@ProfSuryaDeva
&
@ChiaraMacchi7
will speak!
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to announce that
@thebarcouncil
has appointed Mark Henderson as the new Chair of the Bar Council Disability Panel.
@MHendersonDSC
said he was honoured by the appointment, commenting “I have seen as a member both how much the Panel has…
We are proud to be supporting
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
and to announce our partnership with Neurodiversity in Law (
@ndin_law
)!
We will be working with them to support neurodiversity at the Bar, our community and our recruitment process!
🌟ANNOUNCEMENT - New Partnership!🌟
We are delighted to welcome Doughty Street Chambers as our newest partner.
@DoughtyStreet
have already changed the recruitment pages on their website to explicitly mention neurodiversity:
A huge step for the Bar!
Join us on 6 March 2021 to celebrate
#InternationalWomensDay
with an event organised by
#DoughtyStWomen
; it will focus on the impacts of COVID-19 on women's rights. To read more about the event & register, click here: /1
Congratulations to our very own
@DrOliverLewis
,
@RabahKherbane
, and Marie Paris for being selected as
#LALY22
finalists. Their expertise and commitment to access to justice will be recognised at the award ceremony on 12 July. We wish them luck!!
💫We are absolutely thrilled and delighted to announce the names of the 29 individuals and 6 organisations selected as
#LALY22
finalists💫 Congratulations to all of you for your extraordinary expertise and commitment to access to justice💫
.
@caoilfhionnanna
has been shortlisted for Media, Privacy and Information Law Silk of the Year and
@jeliasane
shortlisted for Future Leader.
Congratulations to both 🎉
Having had experiences similar to many other black barristers such as Alexandra Wilson
@EssexBarrister
, Garry Green writes on the importance of being seen, and helping to inspire others:
Garry's profile:
We are delighted to announce
@SamuelZimran
has been shortlisted for
@IBAProBono
International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year 2020 and
@WeAreAdvocate
Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year 2020!
Read more here:
On 21 October, join us for our Business and Human Rights Roundtable: 'Climate Due Diligence - Can it Stop Climate Change?' & launch of our Environmental Justice Group chaired by
@KMhumanrights
&
@mcornaglia94
,
@ProfSuryaDeva
&
@ChiaraMacchi7
will speak!
We are pleased to announce that our Associate Tenant
@susie_alegre
has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge!
Her appointment will take effect on 1st October 2021.
Meet Sarah Chander (
@sarahchander
); Senior Policy Advisor at
@edri
(European Digital Rights).
We are delighted that Sarah has joined the judging panel for this year's DSC essay competition.
We are delighted to announce that our Climate Environmental Justice group (
@DoughtyStIntl
) and Adam Wagner (
@AdamWagner1
) have been shortlisted for the
@LexisNexis
#Legal
Awards 2024!
In recognition of his work around the Covid-19 laws, public legal education and protecting the…
ANNOUNCEMENT📢
DSC's International Women's Day Celebration is back for 2023!
Every year, we bring together a diverse group of lawyers, judges, politicians, campaigners & academics to explore what more the law can do for women and girls.
#IWD2023
Book🔽
Thank you to everyone who has applied for Pupillage commencing 2022 with Doughty Street. We are working towards inviting successful applicants for an interview w/c 22 March. Please keep an eye on the gateway around this time! Any questions, contact recruitment
@doughtystreet
.co.uk
Join us this Friday to celebrate the defining moment in
#LGBT
+ equality, The 20th Anniversary of The Equal Age of Consent.
@outystreet
and
@Openly
are bringing together some of the key players who put in motion the LGBT+ equality that we enjoy today.