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Immigration
LEADING ASSOCIATE1Elizabeth Mottershaw – Garden Court North Chambers
Housingdiscriminationimmigration & asylumcourt of protectionpublic lawinternationalinternational criminal & humanitarian lawinternational human rights law, Garden Court North Chambers
HousingDiscriminationImmigration & asylumCourt of ProtectionPublic lawInternationalInternational criminal & humanitarian lawInternational human rights law
Elizabeth was ranked as a rising star in the 2023 edition of the Legal 500 in both immigration and social housing.
Elizabeth’s practice focuses on housing, homelessness, and immigration. Her particular interest in vulnerable clients is seeing her develop a growing Court of Protection practice. She appears in possession, injunction, committal, unlawful eviction, and disrepair claims and in appeals against local authority decisions as to homelessness duties. She appears in human rights and asylum appeals. Elizabeth frequently acts for clients with complex mental health problems including PTSD and personality disorders, and regularly works with clients with serious drug and alcohol problems. Her work includes judicial review. Elizabeth also accepts instructions on international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
MA (Oxon) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics; MPhil (Oxon) in Modern Middle Eastern Studies; LLM in Public International Law (Distinction) – LSE; GDL (Distinction) – University of Law, Manchester; BPTC (Very Competent) – BPP University, Manchester;
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar
Elizabeth Mottershaw – Garden Court North Chambers
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar
Elizabeth Mottershaw – Garden Court North Chambers ‘Elizabeth is very knowledgeable and her advocacy is carefully prepared and accurate - she handles complex legal points very well.'