News The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) has launched a consultation on revising its guidance on competence for immigration advisors. Read more. Following the Home Secretary’s admission that the government has been ‘maladroit’ in its handling of immigration, various commentators have been calling for an open debate on the subject. Read more. According […]
The Latest Housing Law News Recent Developments in Housing Law: it is hoped that readers of this Bulletin also subscribe to Legal Action magazine, not least to obtain access to the monthly article Recent Developments in Housing Law written by HHJ Nic Madge and Jan Luba QC. Much of the caselaw material used in those […]
Cases Blake J in the Administrative Court in Karim (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 2714 (Admin) considered the administrative processing of "legacy" cases at the Home Office. He found that the policy that defined "seriously mishandled" cases as falling within the exceptional class requiring expedition […]
Garden Court Chambers ranked as leading set in Children Law , Immigration, Crime, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Administrative and public law, and for Social Housing.
News A controversial article about the possibility that numbers of trafficked women are exaggerated entitled "prostitution and trafficking – the anatomy of a moral panic" by Nick Davies dated 20th October 2009. Read more. On 21st October 2009 the Migration Advisory Committee recommended adding teachers in special schools and skilled meat boners and trimmers to […]
Support for Asylum-seekers and other Migrants is the only handbook focusing exclusively on the welfare and legal rights of asylum-seekers. It has now been expanded to cover the welfare needs of other migrants, in particular refused asylum-seekers at the e
and Barrister Robert White, in connection with "Spire Healthcare-Hospitals"
Inquest touching on the death of Kerry Louise Devereux
Garden Court Chambers has information that a fraudster has been using Chambers' contact details for an internet scam. The correspondence refers to a barrister called Robert White and purports to be about a job offer from Spire Health Care Hospital UK. Any
Draft statutory guidance on Social Housing allocations for local authorities in England.
Housing Law Handbook:
A Practical Guide by
Stephen Cottle, with Liz Davies, Adrian Berry, John Beckley, Desmond Rutledge, Marina Sergides and Adrian Marshall Williams.
Housing law issues can be wide-ranging and involve dealing with several areas of the
News The UK Border Agency has announced changes to the way it registers further submissions and initial in-country asylum applications. In future where someone whose appeal rights have been exhausted asks to have their claim re-examined owing to a change in their circumstances, the application will have to be made in person rather than by […]
The Latest Housing Law News Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour: on 13 October 2009 the Home Secretary announced the latest tranche of measures to be taken to control anti-social behaviour. They include an increased emphasis on prosecuting for breach of ASBOs. For the detailed announcement, click here.This "new drive on ASB" was signaled in a letter sent […]
Edward Grieves represented the Appellant in the very first case to be lodged in the newly formed Charity Tribunal.
The Latest Housing Law News Help for homeowners: on 8 October 2009 the Government launched another drive to encourage homeowners with mortgage arrears to get advice and representation. Some 22 hotspot areas are being targeted as having a higher risk of repossessions, due to high levels of unemployment and numbers of court orders for repossessions. […]
News The UKBA has published revised guidance for employers and education providers who sponsor migrants under the points-based system, and has enabled education providers to use the sponsorship management system for the first time. Read more. The Home Secretary has personally assured the Pakistan Government that the UKBA is committed to providing an efficient visa […]
The Latest Housing Law News Mortgage possession claims in the county court: in relation to all claims issued on or after 1st October 2009, mortgage lenders are obliged to inform local housing authorities when they start repossession action against a homeowner. The Housing Minister has written to all local authority Chief Executives to inform them […]
News Alongside the launch of the sponsorship management system for Tier 4 of the points-based system on 5 October 2009, the UK Border Agency has announced new policy for Tier 4 sponsors and would-be students. The new policy centres on two main areas: (a) Extending the maintenance concession for Tier 4 applicants who are already […]
Garden Court sponsors seminal UCL Lecture - The Human Rights of Children - given by
Professor Michael Freeman FBA, UCL.
Chaired by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe
The Latest Housing Law News Mortgage Protocol bites this week: from Thursday 1 October 2009 the judges hearing mortgage possession claims will expect to be presented by the lender’s representative with two copies of the completed Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol Checklist (Form N123). The new forms are required by a new paragraph 5.5 in the Practice […]
