STOP PRESS: the current editor of this Bulletin (Jan Luba QC) will be chairing and delivering presentations on social housing law THIS FRIDAY at the Housing Management Law Conference. To join him, click here. Housing Law News Legal Aid for Housing Possession Cases: housing possession cases in England and Wales are considered so important for […]
Immigration Law News The Secretary of State published a new set of application forms for use from 1 December 2013 by applicants who are already in the UK, two addressing the Armed Forces cases, but also the FLR (FP) – for use in place of the FLR (O), for persons applying for limited leave to […]
In an article for The Barrister magazine, Dexter Dias QC argues against the high levels of custody and prison overcrowding and draws lessons from his research at Harvard University.
Housing Law News New Housing Law: two new Housing Bills have been introduced which are designed to radically reform housing law in both the public and private sectors. For the Housing (Wales) Bill introduced in the Welsh Assembly, click here. For the Explanatory Memorandum, click here. For the timetable for legislative scrutiny, click here. For […]
Employment Law News Protest Over Union Workers Blacklist Scandal Sixty activists have vented their anger during a protest over the scandal of blacklisted workers. The demonstrators at the Alder Hey Hospital building site in Liverpool want to highlight what they claim is the continued anti-union stance and denial of facilities for trade unionists of the […]
Immigration Law Cases Patel & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC 72 (20 November 2013)The power to issue removal directions under S.10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and S.47 of the Immigration, Asylum Nationality Act 2006, are no more than statutory powers available to the Secretary of State. […]
Liberty, the civil liberties and human rights organisation, has today confirmed that Stephanie Harrison QC has been shortlisted for their Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award. In a statement, Liberty said that Stephanie's nomination was in recognition of
In a short and clear judgment the Court of Appeal has declared unlawful powers which the Home Secretary gave herself to terminate judicial review proceedings without further order of the court.
Immigration Law News The UNHCR has expressed great concerns over reports that some European Union countries were placing barriers to entry or forcibly returning asylum-seekers, including people who have fled Syria. To read further, click here. The Government has announced a consultation looking at immigration fees charging principles. This began on 12 November 2013 and […]
A student has been acquitted of threatening the Conservative MP for Hove, by calling him a coward.
We are delighted to learn that civil liberties and human rights barrister Leslie Thomas has been awarded an honorary doctorate of law by his alma mater Kingston University London.
JS was convicted of serious sexual offences against vulnerable girls, recommended for deportation and subject to automatic deportation. He was eventually released, after 15 months of immigration detention, after the expiry of his prison sentence, when the
Housing Law News The "bedroom tax": on 7 November 2013 regulations were laid to enable a further bedroom to be included for Housing Benefit (HB) purposes where the household includes "a child who cannot share a bedroom". This definition applies to a child who (1) is entitled to the care component of disability living allowance […]
The trial against Shajul Islam, an NHS doctor accused of kidnapping a British photographer in Syria, has been dropped. He was represented by Henry Blaxland QC and Hossein Zahir.
Immigration Law News New immigration rules for the armed forces took effect on 8 November 2013 requiring that members of HM Forces have to meet a minimum income threshold before sponsoring spouses to come here. English language requirements will attend such applications, which will attract a five-year probationary period before settlement may be applied for. […]
Garden Court barrister Dexter Dias QC has an article published today by the Fabian Society on the use of pain in restraining detained children. Dexter was leading counsel for the family of Gareth Myatt in the inquest following Gareth's death during physic
The inquest into the death of Peter Barnes at Cygnet Hospital in Wkye concluded on 6 November 2013, with a jury finding that Peter took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed, contributed to by neglect and inadequate systems.
Immigration Law News 92 people almost all women and children die from thirst in the desert. For further information, click here. Britain has scrapped a plan to force people from certain African and Asian countries to pay a cash bond in return for a visitor’s visa after it caused an outcry in UK and abroad. […]
Garden Court Civil and Housing Teams submit responses to Secretary of State for Justice's proposals to reform judicial review.
Stop Press MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSING TEAM AT GARDEN COURT: we are pleased to thank all our customers for the glowing feedback given in the Chambers UK 2014 directory published last week. It was much appreciated. To see what was said, click here. Housing Law News Homelessness: recent media reporting suggests that the use of […]
