**STOP PRESS: there are still some places available for next week’s conference on homelessness, lettings and possession proceedings – Meeting Housing Needs conference in Bristol on 19 January 2010. Speakers include: the Housing Ombudsman; barrister Jan Luba QC; solicitors Derek McConnell and Steve Povey; and DJ Exton. For more details, click here. ** The Latest […]
Authors: Ian Macdonald QC, Laurie Fransman QC, Adrian Berry and Ronan Toal, barristers at Garden Court Chambers; Alison Harvey, General Secretary, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA); Hina Majid, Legal Policy Director, Joint Council for the
The Latest Housing Law News County Court Possession Day duty schemes: the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme is funded by the Legal Services Commission, covering 112 courts in England & Wales and the vast majority of all possession claims issued. The Department of Communities and Local Government funds a further 80 court desks to complement […]
Repairs: tenants' rights has long been recognised as an essential text for all housing advisers and lawyers dealing with disrepair and other adverse conditions affecting residents in rented housing accommodation.
A jury has reached a damning verdict in relation to the state’s role in the killing of Colette Lynch, stabbed to death by her partner Percy Wright in February 2005 with their two year old daughter in his arms.
Please note that as usual over the Christmas holiday period there will be some occasions when the building will be locked and alarmed and there will be no access for anyone. At other times there will be staff or a security guard on the premises and member
The jury at the inquest into the controversial death in police custody in 2003 of Michael Lloyd Powell (known as Mikey) returned a damning narrative verdict and found that the way that he was restrained resulted in his death from positional asphyxia.
The Latest Housing Law News Who gets social housing? on 18 December 2009 the Government released the latest revised statistics on lettings of social housing in England. They show what types of household were allocated social housing accommodation and they identify trends in lettings. For the full tables of figures, click here. Recording homelessness prevention: […]
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
