Laura, one of five Doughty Street Chambers barristers appointed to silk in 2022, works in public law, with a particular focus on cases with a refugee, immigration, civil liberties or ECHR dimension. Laura has long been renowned for her insight into complex asylum and detention law. After her studies (Oxford and Columbia Universities), she took an unusual and demanding career course, working as a senior trade union organiser/ official in the USA and Canada assisting immigrant workers (primarily of Latin-American heritage), often extremely deprived with immigration status difficulties, and living in fear of the authorities. She says working outside the […]
Harpreet Sandhu KC, whose parents emigrated to the UK from Punjab, India in the 1970s, joined the prestigious ranks of silk following the ceremony at Westminster Hall in March 2022. Harpreet is a criminal practitioner who prosecutes and defends in grave and complex cases across the whole spectrum of criminal offences including alleged homicide and drugs conspiracies. Harpreet is also instructed by the Health and Safety Executive and the CPS’ Complex Casework Units, Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division and London Homicide Unit. He acts for professionals, including police officers, teachers and members of the medical and legal professions, who […]