Garden Court Chambers
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Garden Court Chambers is a barristers' chambers based in Lincoln's Inn Fields
, Holborn in London. It was set up in the 1970's to reflect the need for the disadvantaged to find committed and specialist legal representation. It specialises in civil liberties and social welfare cases, especially in criminal defence, immigration, housing, child care law and civil litigation such as controversial inquests, claims against the police, discrimination claims and challenges to decisions of public authorities. Some of the principal reported cases in these areas were conducted by members of Garden Court Chambers.
Chambers was previously located in the Temple, London, but since 2005 has operated from two large houses at 57- 58 and 59- 60 Lincoln's Inn Fields. 57- 58 has an interesting staircase designed by Sir John Soane. 59- 60 was designed by Inigo Jones
and was at one point the home of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
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In addition to the innovations introduced in the cases conducted by Garden Court Chambers, many of the practices that were introduced by Garden Court, such as paying pupils and encouraging common professional development, have been made compulsory by the legal profession.
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London, UK. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton, "the first in a long series of entrepreneurs who took a hand in developing London", as Sir Nikolaus Pevsner observes...
, Holborn in London. It was set up in the 1970's to reflect the need for the disadvantaged to find committed and specialist legal representation. It specialises in civil liberties and social welfare cases, especially in criminal defence, immigration, housing, child care law and civil litigation such as controversial inquests, claims against the police, discrimination claims and challenges to decisions of public authorities. Some of the principal reported cases in these areas were conducted by members of Garden Court Chambers.
Chambers was previously located in the Temple, London, but since 2005 has operated from two large houses at 57- 58 and 59- 60 Lincoln's Inn Fields. 57- 58 has an interesting staircase designed by Sir John Soane. 59- 60 was designed by Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones is the first significant British architect of the modern period, and the first to bring Italianate Renaissance architecture to England...
and was at one point the home of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated...
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In addition to the innovations introduced in the cases conducted by Garden Court Chambers, many of the practices that were introduced by Garden Court, such as paying pupils and encouraging common professional development, have been made compulsory by the legal profession.