Piers is a barrister at Monckton Chambers. He has acted in cases concerning over 30 states in Strasbourg, including Soering, Craxi, Krenz, Georgia v Russia and Yukos. He is the UK delegate to the CCBE Permanent Delegation to the European Court of Human Rights.
Brexit provides new context for the UK’s role in the Council of Bar and Law Societies of Europe – particularly its scrutiny of the European Court of Human Rights’ excessive caseload, as Piers Gardner explains
Recognised as the voice of the European legal profession, the Council of Bar and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) represents, through its members, more than one million European lawyers.
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