Rodney Dixon KC
Temple Garden Chambers ‘Rodney is an extremely persuasive and personable advocate with a solid command of international law and human rights.’
Temple Garden Chambers offers noted capabilities in human rights-related topics, and is equipped to comfortably handle both prosecution and defence work involving a variety of legal systems and jurisdictions. Rodney Dixon KC acts for the defendant in Ahmed Jaafar Ali v Serbia before the European Court of Human Rights concerning an unlawful extradition of a Bahraini national from Serbia after the court ordered the extradition be stayed pending the outcome of the case. Saoirse Townshend is instructed in an extradition request related to a six-year prison sentence for the rape of a 15-year-old British tourist in Turkey.
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- 'The clerks are very helpful.'
- 'The clerks are wonderful to work with.'
- 'There are a series of counsel at TG who are of the very highest standard.'
- 'A heavyweight extradition set with a number of leading Counsel in this area. The depth of Counsel who can cover extradition hearings is reassuring.'
- 'A set with a diverse range of experienced extradition practitioners, who have quite literally written the book on extradition.'
- 'A very good set.'
- 'This is a heavyweight set within extradition proceedings, their barristers have sufficient experience to cover any matter.'
- 'Temple Garden Chambers has some excellent barristers.'
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Juniors
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Saoirse Townshend
Temple Garden Chambers ‘A wonderful legal brain that makes the complicated seem simple. Wonderful to work with too.’
Kathryn Howarth
Temple Garden Chambers ‘Very thorough and well organised, with great attention to detail. Very knowledgeable and good with technical legal arguments. Approachable and personable, very good with vulnerable clients. Persuasive in her advocacy and in drafting, with the ability to present complex arguments in a straightforward manner.’
Juliet Wells
Temple Garden Chambers ‘An excellent extradition barrister. She has an excellent command of the law in this area and impresses judges and clients alike. Her clinical and incisive advocacy is exactly what is required in this complex area.’
Émilie Pottle
Temple Garden Chambers ‘Émilie knows which arguments are worth running and focuses on them which means judges trust her.’