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

• Gaza Protest Sentences Cut
  A group of Tooks lawyers scored a notable victory in the Court of Appeal on July 13th when Joel Bennathan QC, Garry Green, Sam Robinson, Sultana Tafadar and Srikantharajah Nereshraaj represented 6 out of the 10 protesters who were before the court.
  22 July 2010
• Kirsty Scamp Freed
  After a campaign by Justice for Women, Kirsty Scamp's appeal against her murder conviction reached the court of Appeal on 21st July. In 2006 she had stabbed her violent boyfriend as he attacked her in their home. The Court quashed the murder conviction and substituted one of manslaughter, varying the sentence to allow for her immediate release.
  22 July 2010
• UN Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Appeals Tribunal Orders Retrial
  The UNICTY Appeals Tribunal today ordered the retrial of the three co-defendants in the case of Prosecutor v Haradinaj et al.
  21 July 2010
• Article 4 Claims In Strasbourg
  Two separate claims brought under Article 4 have been communicated to the UK. Sandhya Drew has made submissions for the EHRC which is intervening in one case, and acts for the Applicant in the other.
  12 July 2010
• Michel Massih QC - BLD Lawyer of the Month!
  Congratulations to Michel Massih QC, the world’s sole practising Queen’s Counsel of Palestinian origin, who has been selected as BLD’s Lawyer of the Month.
  5 July 2010
• Anti-arms Campaigners Claiming Prevention of War Crimes Acquitted of Conspiracy to Cause Criminal Damage at Arms Factory
  Today at the Hove Crown court the last of the campaigners known as the EDO decommissioners were acquitted.
  2 July 2010
• Chambers UK 2011 - Tooks Barristers Featured as Leaders at the Bar
  Tooks barristers continue to score in the latest edition of Chambers UK, due to be published in November 2010. Individual members have been recognised in Administrative and Public Law; Civil Liberties; Crime; Employment; Immigration and Police law.
  2 July 2010
• ‘Shaken Baby’ Father Has Conviction Overturned by Court of Appeal
  A father whose conviction for harming his baby daughter in a "shaken baby syndrome" case has had his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.
  1 July 2010
• Leave to Appeal Given in Landmark Torture Case
  On 30th June Rangzieb Ahmed, the only man ever convicted of directing Al Qaeda operations in the UK was given leave to appeal against his convictions. The grounds include the allegation that British complicity in his torture in Pakistan was so unconscionable that his trial should never have been allowed to take place.
  1 July 2010
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Martin Huseyin

Martin Huseyin has particular expertise in terrorism, fraud, complex drug and money laundering cases and confiscation proceedings. Civil actions against the Police including property actions. Inquests work includes police related cases, prison and hospital deaths. Experienced in Criminal Appeal work including fresh evidence , historic appeals and applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Also High Court work in Criminal Judicial Review and Extradition.

Martin Huseyin is listed amongst criminal barristers mentioned in very positive terms in the Legal 500 2009 edition.

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What others say about us

Sandhya Drew of Tooks Chambers, "a tough opponent who fights her client's corner while preserving a personable manner." Chambers & Partners (2010) Employment

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