Doughty Street Chambers

Doughty Street Chambers is a British set of barristers' chambers situated in Bristol, Manchester and London's Doughty Street, undertaking criminal justice, public law, immigration, employment, human rights and civil liberties work.^[1]

Doughty Street Chambers was set up in 1990 by thirty barristers, aiming to break the mould of traditional chambers by moving out of the Inns of Court. The chambers are now over four times the size with over 120 members, including 29 Queen's Counsels. Geoffrey Robertson is the founder and joint head of Doughty Street Chambers along with Edward Fitzgerald.^[2] Other notable members, past or present, include Amal Clooney, Louis Blom-Cooper, Geraldine Van Bueren, Sadakat Kadri, Helena Kennedy, Jennifer Robinson, Ben Silverstone, Keir Starmer, Kirsty Brimelow and Shahram Taghavi. Martha Spurrier, now director of the human rights organisation Liberty, remains an associate tenant.^[3]

Helena Normanton's nomination for an English Heritage Blue Plaque (unveiled in October 2021 by Brenda Hale) was made by women barristers at Doughty Street Chambers.^[4]

References[]

^ "About Us:Doughty Street Chambers". April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
^ "Geoffrey Robertson QC". May 2007. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
^ Isaac, Anna (8 June 2016). "Martha Spurrier, head of Liberty: 'Human rights will be the fight of our generation'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "Blue plaque for first practising female barrister Helena Normanton unveiled". the Guardian. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

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