Blackstone Chambers is at the forefront of the law relating to civil liberties and human rights. Most of the leading cases of the last decade have involved barristers from Blackstone Chambers.

    “Blackstone Chambers is lauded as a legendary set for its human rights practice.”
    - Chambers & Partners, 2026

    Civil liberties and human rights cases are among the most important cases before the Courts, preserving the balance of interests between individual rights and the State. Blackstone Chambers is particularly noted for its ability to provide advice and advocacy in cases that develop the law and where a strategic and innovative approach is needed. The set has a unique mixture of expertise across traditional claimant and defendant public law, public international law, regulatory law, and commercial litigation, and is able to offer lateral thinking practitioners at all levels of experience able to operate to their client’s advantage.

    Recent highlight cases include:

    • Ukraine and The Netherlands v Russia 8019/16, 43800/14, 28525/20 and 11055/22 (July 2025)
    • R (ALR) v Chancellor of Exchequer [2025] EWHC 1467 (Admin) (VAT on school fees)
    • Semenya v Switzerland (Application no. 10934/21) (July 2025)
    • The Bille and Ogale Group Litigation [2024] EWCA Civ 1500
    • R (AAA and Ors) v SSHD [2023] UKSC 42 (the government’s policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda)

    Civil Liberties & Human Rights experience

    • Commercial Judicial Review
    • Community Care
    • Constitutional
    • Data Protection and Privacy
    • ECHR
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Extradition
    • Freedom of Expression
    • Freedom of Information
    • Immigration and Nationality
    • Inquiries
    • Local Government
    • Medical and Mental Health
    • Police and Prison law
    • Professional regulation and discipline
    • Public law and Regulatory
    • Social Security and housing

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