Profile
Monty commenced practice in September 2025 following a year working as a Judicial Assistant to Lord Sales at the UK Supreme Court. He is building a broad practice across Chambers’ specialisms, including public law, human rights, civil liability, commercial, planning and environmental law.
As a Judicial Assistant, Monty was involved in some of the leading cases of the last year, including Shvidler v Foreign Secretary [2025] UKSC 30 on the approach to proportionality in human rights cases and URS v BDW [2025] UKSC 21 on the scope of developers’ duties in relation to defective buildings. Monty assisted the Justices by providing researching notes, summarising the parties’ cases and commenting on draft judgments.
Before coming to the Bar, Monty was an advisor on constitutional policy at the Department for International Trade, where he worked on the interaction between the UK’s post-Brexit trade policy and the devolution settlements. Following this, he was a researcher at the Campaign for Freedom of Information, a leading NGO on information rights.
Monty studied Philosophy, Politics and International Relations at the University of Cambridge obtaining a double first-class degree and completed the MA law conversion course at the University of Law where he ranked first in his year and received the Dean’s Award.
During his legal studies, Monty volunteered as a case worker for a trade union and at the Legal Resources Centre, a human rights charity in South Africa. He continues to undertake pro bono work and completed work for Advocate in his second six.
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Areas Of Expertise
Monty accepts instructions across all areas of administrative and public law. Monty has particular experience in this area from his previous work in government, at NGOs, and as a Judicial Assistant. In the latter role, Monty assisted Lord Sales on several leading public law cases:
- N3 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] UKSC 6 on the consequences of a successful appeal against a deprivation order.
- The Father v Worcestershire County Council [2025] UKSC 1 on the interaction between habeas corpus and judicial review.
- U3 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] UKSC 19 on the approach of SIAC to disputes about the assessment of national security.
During pupillage, Monty’s public law experience included:
- Advising on judicial review claims, covering breach of statutory duty, procedural unfairness, discrimination and human rights claims.
- Drafting a statement of facts and grounds in a community care judicial review (for Steve Broach KC).
- Drafting submissions to the SEND Tribunal seeking permission to appeal (for Steve Broach KC).
Parliamentary and Public Affairs
Monty has first-hand knowledge and experience of Parliament from his time as a civil servant and at the Campaign for Freedom of Information.
He is able to provide drafting and advice in relation to proposed legislation and select committee proceedings for non-government organisations (NGOs), interest groups, public authorities and private parties.
As a civil servant, Monty’s experience of Parliament included:
- Assisting Ministers with the passage of primary legislation.
- Corresponding with Parliamentary Counsel to prepare public bills and statutory instruments.
- Briefing Ministers for parliamentary debates and appearances at Parliamentary select committees.
- Drafting letters responding to campaigning groups and other interested parties.
Monty’s work at the Campaign for Freedom of Information included:
- Drafting amendments to primary legislation which were tabled by MPs and Peers.
- Drafting submissions to parliamentary committees, both for bills and inquiries.
- Working with APPGs and other interest groups to advance the Campaign’s work in Parliament.
Monty has wide range of experience in civil liberties and human rights. Before coming to the Bar, he worked at the Campaign for Freedom of Information, a civil liberties NGO focused on information rights. More recently, as a Judicial Assistant, Monty assisted Lord Sales in some of the leading cases in this area, including:
- JR123, Re Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)Â [2025] UKSC 8 on the application of the margin of appreciation in human rights challenges to general measures such as legislation or policy.
- Shvidler v Foreign Secretary [2025] UKSC 30 on the approach of appellate courts to proportionality in human rights cases.
- Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Rev1) [2025] UKSC 15 on the balance between bereaved parent’s free speech rights under Article 10 and doctors’ right to privacy under Article 8.
During pupillage, Monty’s civil liberties and human rights experience included:
- Drafting a pre-action letter in response to a proposed judicial review claim regarding trade union rights under Article 11 ECHR (for Colin Thomann KC).
- Drafting an advice on a complex false imprisonment and Article 5 ECHR case (for Emily Wilsdon).
- Drafting grounds of appeal to the Court of Appeal in a case where the Divisional Court had issued a declaration of incompatibility under the Human Rights Act 1998 for legislation in breach of Article 14 ECHR (Rachel Sullivan).
- Drafting a notice of objection in response to an application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court concerning the extra-territorial scope of Article 8 ECHR (for Colin Thomann KC).
Monty undertakes the full range of civil liability work, including advices, pleadings and appearing in court. He has a particular interest in the tortious liability of public authorities, having worked on false imprisonment and related claims during pupillage.
As a Judicial Assistant, Monty assisted with several significant cases in this area:
- URS v BDWÂ [2025] UKSC 21 on voluntarily assumed obligations in negligence and contribution claims under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978.
- Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Rev1) [2025] UKSC 15 on the availability of Contra mundum injunctions to prohibit the identification of treating clinicians.
During pupillage, Monty’s experience included:
- Successfully negotiating a settlement for a disabled claimant whose car had been taken by bailiffs. He negotiated a settlement sum of 90 per cent of the damages sought.
- Resisting a defendant’s application for admission of late evidence and obtaining judgment for the claimant in a liability trial, which included cross-examination of a witness through an interpreter.
- A skeleton argument concerning the approach to appeals of fact where there has been a delayed judgment (assisting Judith Ayling KC).
- Drafting a note on the quantification of damages for survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire in group litigation (assisting Emma Corkill and Charlie Cory-Wright KC).
- Advising on settlement strategy, including on the timing and quantum of Part 36 and Calderbank offers.
Monty gained experience in a wide range of commercial and construction law matters during pupillage, including:
- Assisting David Sawtell as part of a successful two-week High Court trial Barry v Barry [2024] EWHC 1661 (KB) concerning intra-family lending.
- Advising and drafting pleadings in the construction context, including actions by employers against guarantors, sub-contractor disputes and contribution claims.
- Drafting particulars of claim in a professional negligence claim against a solicitor’s firm for errors made in the preparation of loan documents.
- Advising a media company on their liability in contract and as bailees for alleged damage to recording equipment.
- Fire safety and cladding disputes, such as advising an employer on a potential claim against a contractor’s insurer for losses relating to cladding defects.
As a Judicial Assistant at the UK Supreme Court, Monty assisted Lord Sales with URS v BDW [2025] UKSC 21, the leading case on the scope of developers’ duties under the Building Safety Act 2022 and Defective Premises Act 1972.
During pupillage, Monty was involved in a number of Court of Protection and mental capacity law matters, including:
- Drafting a section 21 application challenging a deprivation of liberty standard authorisation for P’s time in a care home (for Steve Broach KC).
- Researching the impact of a section 15 final declaration on P’s housing, including their ability to receive housing benefit.
Monty accepts instructions from employers, employees, trade unions and interest groups on all statutory and common law employment law issues. His practice builds on his work as a caseworker at the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain. In this role, he advised members on a wide range of employment law issues, including whistleblowing, harassment, and discrimination. During pupillage, Monty assisted Colin Thomann KC draft a pre-action letter in response to a proposed judicial review claim regarding trade union rights.
At the Campaign for Freedom of Information, Monty developed a strong working knowledge of the law and practical aspects of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Environmental Information Regulations. His work included:
- Researching the Information Commissioner’s approach to appeals, including in relation to vexatious requests (section 14 FOIA) and comparing the ICO’s approach to enforcing data protection and FOI.
- Analysing the application of FOIA to private contractors providing public services.
- Legal research on the implications for freedom of information of various primary legislation including the National Security Act 2023. Monty’s research was cited by MPs in Parliamentary debates.
As a Judicial Assistant at the UK Supreme Court, Monty assisted Lord Sales with his judgment in Department for Business and Trade v The Information Commissioner [2025] UKSC 27, the leading case on the public interest balancing test under FOIA.
Monty also has knowledge of the related areas of data protection, defamation, confidentiality and misuse of private information. During pupillage, Monty drafted an advice on the alleged defamation of a public official. His master’s dissertation was on the regulation of the surveillance of employees under the data protection regime and Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998, for which he received a distinction.
Monty has a particular interest in energy law having assisted Daniel Stedman Jones on a number of matters during pupillage, including:
- Advising on a potential statutory appeal and judicial review of Ofgem in a dispute regarding subsidy payments.
- Advising on renewable energy infrastructure projects, including the regulatory framework for offshore windfarms.
- Drafting submissions on the threshold test for development consent under the Planning Act 2008 for a Rule 6 party in a 50MW solar farm inquiry.
Monty is currently assisting Stephen Tromans KC and other members of chambers update Nuclear Law (Hart Publishing), a leading textbook on the subject.
Monty gained experience in a number of planning and environmental law matters during pupillage, including:
- Claims against polluters in private and public nuisance.
- Advising an NGO on the law governing the rewilding of non-native species.
- Drafting a pre-action letter in a proposed judicial review claim by a resident against a local authority’s decision not to enforce a neighbour’s breach of condition.
- Drafting submissions for a planning inquiry on housing land supply issues.
- Advising a householder facing enforcement action regarding an alleged demolition of their property during a renovation.
As a Judicial Assistant at the UK Supreme Court, Monty assisted Lord Sales with his work on the following planning and environmental law cases:
- R (Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2025] UKSC 11 on the lawfulness of local authority standing orders which restrict voting at meetings held to determine planning applications.
- Darwall v Dartmoor National Park Authority [2025] UKSC 20 on the public’s right to camp on Dartmoor Commons.
- CG Fry & Son v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the application of the Habitats Regulations to Ramsar sites.
