tooks chambers

Driven by the profound belief in human rights and civil liberties for all.

Welcome
Tooks Chambers is a large, modern and efficient set of barristers united in their commitment to access to justice and representation without fear or favour. Founded on 1st May 1984 at the height of the Miners' Strike, much of Tooks' early work was defending miners wrongly accused of riot and affray. Members' expertise now extends across criminal and civil specialist areas of law but with an emphasis on protecting the individual against the interests of the state.

Our news

• Fresh Medical Evidence Secures Retrial for Babysitter
  The Court of Appeal has ruled that Suzanne Holdsworth should be retried for the murder of a 2-year old child she was babysitting on the basis of fresh medical evidence as to the cause of death.
  1 May 2008
• 'Pussycat' Snoop Dogg wins exclusion appeal
  The AIT this week upheld a decision by an Immigration Judge that there was no justification for the visa ban imposed on Snoop in March 2007. Finding that the fracas at Heathrow, which had largely founded the exclusion on 'non-conducive' grounds, had been precipitated by BA officials and the police.
  25 April 2008
• Guidance from EAT on dates of evaluation in equal pay claims
  21 April 2008
• Special Immigration Appeals Commission decision in the case of 'AS' is upheld
  Hugh Southey acted for AS in the recent Court of Appeal case upholding the decision of SIAC that it was unlawful for the Secretary of State to seek to deport the Appellant to Libya despite a Memorandum of Understanding.
  18 April 2008
• Judgement of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in Prosecutor v Haradinaj et al
  3 April 2008
• Inquest into the death of Simon Murden
  Verdict of the inquest into the tragic death of a young man shot by Humberside police.
  2 April 2008
• New Submissions in the Case of Kevin Lane Presented to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
  Kevin Lane was convicted of the murder of Robert Magill in October 1994 after a retrial. He has always protested his innocence.Fresh evidence, and new arguments, concerning a number of issues at the heart of the case have been submitted to the CCRC.
  20 March 2008
• Long Fight to End Alleged Miscarriage of Justice
  Two men convicted of a double murder in 1995 have their appeal against conviction heard in the Court of Appeal after a long running campaign.
  17 March 2008
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Jenny Boswell

Jenny Boswell is a specialist in the field of law relating to children including acting for parents, children's guardians and local authorities, adoption law, private law and she has a particular specialism in Care Plans and the Human Rights Act. 

She has succesfully applied for Geldorf injunctions for well known television personalities and her most recent significant case was that of Re M, Court of Appeal which dealt with contact denial for an autistic child.

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What others say about us

Tooks Chambers is a major player in claimant civil liberties, crime and immigration.
- Legal 500 2007