Garden Court Chambers is delighted to learn that Courtenay Griffiths QC has been shortlisted as Crime Silk of the Year in the prestigious 2011 Chambers Bar Awards.
Members of the Garden Court Crime Team are currently defending four protesters from the UK Uncut movement on charges of criminal damage.
News More protection for Agency workers The Agency Worker Regulations 2010 come into force on 1 October 2011. This sees an end to a lengthy process to ensure greater protection for agency workers that started in 2008 with Directive 2008/104/EC. The legislation will offer greater protection to agency staff who will now be entitled to […]
News For the Immigration Minister’s latest proposals for reforming family based migration into the UK, click here. Cases R (on the application of Mrs BN) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2367 (Admin) (16 September 2011)In a lengthy judgment Stadlen J considered whether a fresh Article 8 human rights claim had […]
Cases Khaliq (entry clearance; para 321) Pakistan [2011] UKUT 350 (IAC) (09 September 2011)The Tribunal considered whether the phrase "application for leave" in the provisions governing cancellation of leave to enter includes leave to enter the United Kingdom at port, not simply the time the application for a visa is made. Noting that a person […]
Employment Law News Agency workers watch out? The Government has commissioned legal advice into whether they can reduce some of the protection offered by the EU Directive on Agency Workers. Statistics gathered in the past have shown that a disproportionate percentage of agency workers are women or from an ethnic minority as compared with the […]
Garden Court is extremely pleased to welcome Helen Foot back to Chambers. Helen returns from maternity leave to continue her practice in civil and immigration law.
The Latest Housing Law News New leaflets for landlords and tenants: on 3 September 2011 the UK Government published three new factsheets on the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in England. They are: Dos and Don’ts factsheet for landlords giving advice on securing a suitable letting agent, the need for written agreements and […]
News The Home Office have published their quarterly immigration statistics for the period from April to June 2011. Click here for more information. Last week the Legal Services Commission completed the transfer of all case files from the Immigration Advisory Service to other contract holders. Click here for more information. Cases Azimi-Rad (Art.1F(a) – complicity […]
Tim Baldwin joins Bethan Harris, Stephen Simblet and Stephen Knafler QC from Garden Court as an editor of the Community Care Law Reports.
David Renton appeared for the successful Claimant in Smith v Carillion Plc and ors, ET case 1310709/2009.
The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 created a new jurisdiction to hear specialist appeals and judicial review applications in the Administrative Chamber of the Upper Tribunal from decisions in the first tier mental health tribunal.
The Latest Housing Law News Selling-off social housing: on 25 August 2011 the Housing Minister launched a consultation exercise on proposals to give local councils in England greater flexibility over sales (and other disposals) of social housing and over the way in which the sums received can be spent. In particular, it is proposed that […]
News Libya: Evidence suggests that Khamis Brigade killed 45 detainees. Click here, to read more. EU plans to tighten schengen zone rules. European commission proposals due in September 2011 set strict conditions on passport controls between member states including a maximum six month limit and interim review checks every 30 days. See Stanley Pignal Financial […]
Employment news Pensions: beware offers to transfer out A report by KMPG shows that more than 90,000 people have been offered incentives to transfer out of final salary pension schemes. The report predicts that a further 750,000 workers may transfer out over the next 5-10 years. The government has warned that transfers carry a risk […]
The Latest Housing Law News Housing and anti-social behaviour: on 15 August 2011 the Housing Minister (Grant Shapps MP) wrote to all major social landlords suggesting that the current discretionary grounds for possession against tenants of social housing could be enlarged to cover anti-social behaviour taking place outside the locality of a tenant’s home. For […]
Cases PR (Sri Lanka) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 2) [2011] EWCA Civ 98811th August 2011Lord Neuberger, Sir Anthony May, Carnwath LJ considered the applicability of the second appeals test under the S.13(6) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. The Court of Appeal considered that the following […]
Access to justice is under grave attack by the Coalition Government. The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2011 (the ‘Legal Aid Bill’) is currently before Parliament and if it is enacted then it will result in severe and swingeing cut
*** This week’s Stop Press*** On Friday of this week (19 August 2011) Jan Luba QC will be delivering a free lunchtime seminar in Oxford on Current Issues in Housing Law with special reference to the housing law changes presently before Parliament. All are welcome to attend. For venue and other details Email: CGough@turpinmiller.co.uk The […]
Stephen Knafler QC appeared for the successful appellant in R (SL) v City of Westminster [2011] EWCA Civ 954.
