Iona Gallagher wins Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year 2025

We are delighted to announce that Iona Gallagher has accepted tenancy at New Court Chambers.

I was recently instructed on behalf of parents in an application by a Local Authority to extend a supervision order. The twelve-month supervision order was nearing its expiry, and owing to a decline in the standard of care being offered to the children, the Local Authority wished to continue its engagement and work with the family for a further year.

In the course of the past two years, claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 (‘HRA 1998’) have become a regular consideration for practitioners involved in section 31 Children Act proceedings. Pre 2015 there was very little in the way of domestic case law and as such the only guidance at the time was from Strasbourg.