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Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 31 August 2006

Employment seminar – Age Discrimination

Employment - Age Discrimination

Thursday 28th September 2006 6.30pm - 8.00pm
1.5 CPD hrs

Presented by Catrin Lewis and Rajeev Thacker

Garden Court Chambers | Saturday 26 August 2006

Iranian homosexual male wins important case

J v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (2006)

The case of J was successfully appealed yesterday in the Court of Appeal which Femi Omere of Garden Court Chambers appeared in as junior counsel.

The case involves a homosexual from Iran who feared

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 14 August 2006

Issue 26 – 14th August 2006

News The Iranian government should immediately reverse its threat of prosecution against Iran’s most prominent independent human rights organisation, reported Human Rights Watch, referring to the interior ministry announcement that the Centre for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), co-founded by the 2003 Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, was an illegal organisation. Read more Legislation The […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 7 August 2006

Issue 25 – 7th August 2006

Domestic Law Court of Appeal S and Ors v Secretary of State [2006] EWCA Civ 1157 The statutory scheme of immigration control postulated that someone who successfully maintained that their removal would constitute a violation of their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 should be entitled to leave to remain for however […]

Garden Court Chambers | Saturday 5 August 2006

Mumia Abu Jamal Press Conference

On July 19th 2006 a press conference for Mumia Abu-Jamal took place at Garden Court Chambers organised by Legal Action for Women and Ian Macdonald QC .

After 24 years on Pennsylvania's death row, Mr Abu-Jamal, convicted in 1982 of killing a policeman, h

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 1 August 2006

Issue 15 – 1st August

Cases   Withdrawal of claim Khan v Heywood & Middleton Primary Care Trust [2006] EWCA 1087 The Court of Appeal, while criticising the drafting of the rule, held that an Employment Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to set aside a notice of withdrawal of a claim made under rule 25(2) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 31 July 2006

Issue 27 – 31st July

Government and Legislation On 24 July 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) issued a new Homelessness Code of Guidance for local housing authorities in England. It takes effect on 4 September 2006. At 268 pages it will require careful consideration by authorities and advisers. Click Here to download a copy. On 25 […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 31 July 2006

Issue 24 – 31st July 2006

News Raging sectarian violence has pushed up the number of refugees in Iraq by 20,000 in the last 10 days alone, reported the migration ministry. Read more In Lebanon, the UN estimates that 800,000 Lebanese have been displaced by recent events, a huge number for a country of 3.5 million. Sami Haddad, the Lebanese minister […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 24 July 2006

Issue 26 – 24th July

Government and Legislation On 21 July 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) wrote to all Directors of Housing in local authorities and all Chief Executives of ALMOs about the problem of former secure tenants who have become tolerated trespassers. The letter (which attaches the new form N28A, the new parts of CPR […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 24 July 2006

Issue 23 – 24th July 2006

Home Office Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 1337 – July 2006 The Home Office announced a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules to amend paragraph 364 to ‘make it clear that where a person is liable to deportation then the presumption shall be that the public interest requires deportation and that it will […]

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 20 July 2006

Appointment of two new QCs at Garden Court Chambers

Garden Court is delighted to announce the appointment of Jo Delahunty and Mark Muller to be Queen’s Counsel in the first round of appointments under the interim scheme in England and Wales. For the full list please link to the Department of Constitutional Affairs.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 18 July 2006

Issue 25 – 18th July

Government & Legislation Today (17 July 2006), the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced that the Tenancy Deposit provisions of the Housing Act 2004 will not now be introduced until 6 April 2007. Click Here to see the DCLG Press Notice at: On 14 July 2006 the DCLG published a discussion paper […]

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 18 July 2006

Issue 14 – 18th July

CASES Harassment Majrowski v Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust [2006] UKHL 34 The House of Lords decides that an employer may be held vicariously liable in damages under section 3 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 for a course of conduct by one of its employees which amounts to harassment in breach of section 1 […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 17 July 2006

European Court of Human Rights to order Government to pay compensation to family for police raid

A family with young children who suffered a police raid by officers with a search warrant arising out of the activities of a member of the previous tenant?s family have been awarded 15,000 Euros compensation by the European Court of Human Rights.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 17 July 2006

Issue 22 – 17th July 2006

News On Friday 14 July the British Medical Journal published an article highlighting the UK’s violation of the human rights of failed asylum seekers by restricting access to health care. Read more. The European Council has published a Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 10 July 2006

Issue 24 – 10th July

Government & Legislation   On 4 July 2006 the Caravan Sites (Security of Tenure and Related Clauses) Bill had its first reading in the House of Commons. This Private Members Bill will shortly be published. Click Here to view On 6 July 2006 the enforcement provisions of the Housing Act 2004 came into force in […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 10 July 2006

Issue 21 – 10th July 2006

News MEPs have adopted two non-binding reports on asylum and immigration. The first report is on mutual information procedure in the areas of asylum and immigration and the second report is on strategies and means for the integration of immigrants in the European Union. Click Here for more info The European Council on Refugees and […]

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 5 July 2006

Issue 13 – 5th July

CASES TUPE Celtec v Astley [2006] UKHL 29 The contracts of employment of workers of an undertaking are automatically transferred on the date of the transfer. This date cannot be changed by agreement between the parties. In the present case it was the date of the employees secondment from civil service not from the later […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 3 July 2006

Issue 23 – 3rd July

Stop Press New "suspended" possession order now in force. The 42nd set of CPR amendments includes (from today) the new provisions designed to prevent the creation of more tolerated trespassers. PD55 is amended to provide a procedure for – and formalise the making of – "postponed possession orders" along the lines suggested by the Court […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 3 July 2006

Issue 20 – 3rd July 20063

News Charging "failed" asylum seekers for healthcare is having a devastating human impact and the policy should be scrapped immediately, the Refugee Council explain in a new report. Read more A failed asylum-seeker has been ‘unfairly sentenced’ to 12 years’ jail in Syria after being forcibly returned from the UK, according to Amnesty International. Muhammad […]