Tim Baldwin
barrister
Garden Court Chambers
Tim Baldwin is a practising barrister at Garden Court Chambers, is ranked in Chambers UK for social housing and community care and is identified as a leading junior in the Legal 500 for social housing; Court of Protection and community care; and administrative law and human rights. He is known for his fierce commitment to representing vulnerable, marginalised and disadvantaged clients. He is highly regarded for his public and administrative law practice, which includes housing and community care, acting in complex cases involving mental health issues, welfare benefits, social care, asylum support, and persons who lack capacity in all jurisdictions. His current practice is predominantly in the High Court and Appellate courts. He is an editor of the Community Care Law Reports and has contributed to Legal Action Group books by the late Stephen Knafler QC on adult and children’s social care. He worked at the Law Commission and Public law project prior to coming to the Bar. He is co-chair of the Housing Law Practitioner Association and sits on the advisory Panel to the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.