****THIS THURSDAY (27 JUNE): Jan Luba QC will be chairing and presenting (with two solicitors) an all-day conference in London on drafting and revising social housing tenancy agreements. For details, click here. **** Housing Law News Rent and mortgage default: on 22 June 2013 the Chartered Institute of Housing released the results of an IPSOS […]
News New Immigration Rules coming into force 1 July 2013. For a copy click here A film about the treatment of refugees and migrants in Greece. For more information about Into the Fire click here. It is being suggested by the Home Office representatives appearing before Tribunals in bail applications that there will be no […]
The Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal has today allowed appeals against conviction by victims of child trafficking.
Housing Law News Homelessness: on 6 June 2013 the latest statistics on statutory homelessness in England were released. They cover January to March 2013 during which 13,230 applicants were accepted as owed the main homelessness duty. In the 2012/13 financial year, there were 53,540 acceptances. This is an increase of 6% from 50,290 in 2011/12. […]
News UNHCR published their new report Beyond Proof on credibility in refugee status determination, in which they emphasise the importance of the "benefit of the doubt" principle and the shared duty on asylum seekers and decision makers to determine the true facts of the case. Click here to read the report. HJT Training will henceforth […]
David's client was acquitted on Thursday of murder, attempted murder and causing an explosion after a high profile trial lasting 18 weeks at Preston Crown Court.
In a damning verdict returned late on Thursday 13 June, the jury in the inquest into the death of Andrew Hall on 27 March 2009 found that he took his own life whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed, contributed to by neglect.
Award winning documentary by Israeli film maker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz explores the issues resulting in the legal regime that governs the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment today in a test case R (JB) Jamaica v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 666.
Unaccompanied children will not be moved from one European country to another to have their asylum claims decided if there are no members of the minor's family present in another Member State.
Rajiv Menon QC, Pete Weatherby QC, Hossein Zahir, Terry Munyard and Anna Morris have acted to defend five of the six men accused of plotting to bomb a rally staged by the far right English Defence League.
Employment News Building firms could face bans over blacklisting of workersConstruction companies involved in the blacklisting of workers could be prevented from tendering for public contracts worth billions of pounds. The Scottish government is considering preventing companies from bidding for work if they are implicated in a scheme to blacklist construction workers. Additionally, councils across […]
News The toughening of Tier 4 rules could cause long-term damage to Britain’s universities and cost £2.4bn over the next decade, according to research by Universities UK. The Ministry of Justice consultation on its proposal Transforming Legal Aid, closed on 4 June 2013. Click here to read Garden Court Chambers’ response. Cases MA & Ors […]
Garden Court Chambers has today submitted responses to the Ministry of Justice's consultation on Transforming Legal Aid. Both our Crime and Housing and Civil Teams have responded separately, addressing different aspects of the government's proposals.
News 30 May 2013 An article about the impact of legal aid cuts on different communities. Killer blows to Justice by Frances Webber. To read the full article click here 30 May 2013 200 Upsurge in Anti Muslim Attacks. To read the full article click here Cases B2 v The Secretary of State For the […]
Garden Court Chambers will be out en masse tomorrow to support the Save Justice demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice.
Kirsten Heaven has secured a damning narrative verdict at the inquest into the death of a man in prison in 2010.
In a ruling by its Grand Chamber today, the European Court of Justice ruled that de-listing of Al-Qaeda terrorist suspects by the UN and EU does not render applications for annulment before the ECJ devoid of purpose.
Housing Law News Housing law reform: following-up its policy commitment to adopt the Law Commission’s proposed reforms of the law on rented housing the Welsh Government has published a white paper: Renting Homes – a better way for Wales. For a copy, click here. For a summary, click here. Consultation on the proposals closes on […]
Employment News UK workers report being under pressure at work The early findings of the 2012 Skills and Employment Survey, a government-funded study of 3,000 workers conducted every six years, found (amongst other things) that Britain’s employees are feeling more insecure and under pressure at work than at any time in the past 20 years. […]
