News The Chief Inspector of Prisons has reported this week that detention conditions for women and children at Tinsley House Detention Centre are unacceptable. Read more. The UKBA have revised again their Judicial Review guidance. They will now seek to continue with removal in cases where a previous removal has failed within the last ten […]
The Latest Housing Law News Homelessness: the latest quarterly statistics on homelessness in England were released on 10 December 2009. They show further reductions in the number of applicants in respect of whom councils accepted the main housing duty and in the number of households in temporary accommodation. Despite the fact that the use of […]
European Commission The European Commission sent two reasoned opinions to the United Kingdom for incorrectly implementing EU rules prohibiting discrimination in employment and occupation on the grounds of gender (2002/73/EC) and rules prohibiting discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in employment and occupation (Directive 2000/78/EC). This is the second stage […]
News The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health, GPs, Psychiatrists and the UK Faculty of Public Health, have said detention of children and their families in removal centres for failed asylum seekers causes "significant harm" and should be ended without delay. Read more. From January 2010, skilled migrant workers and their dependants will receive […]
On 1st December the Supreme Court delivered judgment in the case of Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs v Meier and others [2009] UKSC 11.
The Latest Housing Law News Unauthorised sub-tenants in social housing: on 30 November 2009 the Housing Minister announced details of a new campaign to address "housing fraud", particularly in the form of unauthorised sub-letting of social housing in England. Each local authority and large social landlord is to receive funding to encourage a clampdown on […]
Sitting before HM Deputy Coroner for Leeds, David Hinchliffe and a Jury. The inquest into the death of Paul Clarkson at HMP Leeds on 6 July 2006, following his recall on licence, concluded on Wednesday 18 November 2009 with the jury deciding that the medi
The Latest Housing Law News Preventing Possession: the incredibly useful, but previously unpublished, Short Guide from Regional Resource Teams for Local Authorities on how to Prevent Homelessness due to Mortgage and Landlord Repossession has now been distributed to the Housing Benefit sections of all local housing authorities. It comes as an Appendix to Circular HB/CTB […]
News The Ministry of Justice has announced the appointment of the Honourable Mr Justice Blake to be the President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal with effect from 15 February 2010. Read more. Immigration statistics for the third quarter of 2009 have been released by the Home Office. They show that […]
Shaken Baby Syndrome seminar hosted by Garden Court Chambers Criminal Team
News 1.Over 950,000 passengers have used state of the art facial recognition at border controls in the UK. Passengers use the self service gates which takes seconds to scan each passengers face against the digital photo recorded in their passports. If there is a match, the e- passport gates open to allow passengers entry into […]
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce the publication of this important book with foreword by Helena Kennedy QC, featuring contributing author Nerida Harford-Bell of Garden Court's crime team. This seminal publication presents a penetrating and t
The Latest Housing Law News Legal aid for Housing cases: the terms on which legal aid will be provided in Housing and other civil law casework from October 2010 were announced this week. The Legal Services Commission published the new Standard Civil Contract under which it will purchase such legal services. For a copy of […]
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has appointed Richard J. Harvey as lead counsel to represent Dr. Radovan Karadzic former President of Republika Srpska (1992-1996)
News As a prelude to the General Election debate, Gordon Brown made a speech last week outlining plans to tighten the UK’s immigration rules, by reducing the number of professions which can recruit from outside Europe and limiting the numbers coming in to Britain on student visas. Read more. Whilst the Migration Advisory Committee has […]
The Latest Housing Law News Possession proceedings: on 12 November 2009 possession proceedings statistics for England and Wales for the third quarter of 2009 were published. The provisional figures show increases in claims made and orders made in landlord possession proceedings and an increase in the number of mortgage possession claims leading to possession orders […]
Over the course of nearly two decades, one young woman has died in our prisons every ten weeks.
Chambers leads the Bar in 2010 rankings for Social Housing and Immigration
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 Housing and anti-social behaviour: on 31 October 2009 the Prime Minister said "every single one of the most chaotic families in Britain will be subject to a family intervention project with clear rules and clear sanctions, if the rules are broken. Every time a young person breaches an anti-social behaviour […]
