News Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese opposition politician and former General Secretary of National League of Democracy should never have been imprisoned for fifteen years in the first place says Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia Director at Human Rights Watch. HRW believe that her release is a deeply cynical ploy by the military government to distract […]
The Latest Housing Law News Evicting Homeowners: on 11 November 2010 the latest mortgage repossession figures were published. For the figures published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, click here. For the official statistics on court action for repossession click here. The latter indicate that over 3000 possession orders are being made every month but […]
Garden Court's Jo Wilding has been interviewed by Libby Purves on BBC Radio 4 Midweek. In the interview, Jo tells the extraordinary story of her adventures in Iraq before, during and after the 2003 invasion.
The Court of Appeal has decided by a majority that landlords who fail to protect their tenant’s deposits in a tenancy deposit scheme can avoid a sanction if they protect the deposit before the hearing of any claim or counterclaim brought by the tenant.
Stephen Simblet wrote a Comment piece in the Mail on Sunday on 7 November, relating to concerns at the routine granting of anonymity to police marksmen at inquests.
European Court of Justice TUPE Albron Catering BV v FNB Bondgenoten Case C 242/09Where there is a group of companies, one of which performs the function of central employer and deploys its employees amongst various companies within the group, the transfer of the activities of one company in the group to a company outside the […]
News Interesting news emanating from Amnesty International. On 22 October the ECHR, 3rd section, informed the Dutch and Swedish governments that it considers it appropriate to apply Rule 39 (interim prohibition on removal) in respect of any Iraqi who challenges his or her return from the Netherlands or Sweden to Baghdad. On 3 November the […]
The Latest Housing Law News Fraud in Social Housing: in October 2010 the Audit Commission, in its latest report on measures to protect public funds, called on social landlords to do more to address three forms of social housing fraud: unauthorised sub-letting; using false information in applying for social housing; and wrongful tenancy ‘succession’. It […]
Garden Court Chambers, the largest barristers chambers in London, has formed a specialist International Advice and Litigation Team: Garden Court International
In a landmark judgment issued this morning, the UK's highest court has decided that those council and housing association tenants who do not have full security of tenure but want to remain in their homes can only be evicted if a court is satisfied that th
The Latest Housing Law News Important judgment this week: the UK Supreme Court has indicated that the judgments in Manchester City Council (Respondent) v Pinnock (Appellant) will be given on Wednesday 3 November 2010 at 09:45am in Courtroom 1. For more details, click here. New non-secure tenancies: in his letter to housing authorities, issued on […]
News The UKBA published a study last week that suggests that a third of Tier 1 migrants are employed in ‘low skilled’ occupations. To read more, click here. The Prime Minister at the CBI conference last week promised that the cap on non-EU immigration to be introduced next year will be applied ‘flexibly’, so that […]
Garden Court Chambers has once again been placed in Tier 1 in the prestigious Chambers UK 2011 rankings.
Maya Sikand has successfully appealed a conviction for a client who was denied a fair trial after the prosecution misled the original trial judge.
Henry Blaxland QC and Michelle Brewer have secured Appeal Court acquittals for three women convicted of controlling prostitution who were themselves victims of human trafficking.
The Oakington Immigration Detention Centre is to be closed following the inquest into a death that occurred during rioting.
News A home affairs select committee will scrutinise the use of restraint in deportations after the fatal collapse and death of Jimmy Mubenga on a plane out of the UK. Click here to read more. It is reported that racist UK policies are blamed for deaths of 77 asylum seekers and migrants. Click here to […]
The Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team's new Social Welfare Law website has been launched today.
News Damian Green, the Minister for Immigration, announced on 14 October that UKBA will be resuming enforced returns of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe.Click here to read more. UKBA guidance on how refugees and beneficiaries of humanitarian protection with five years limited leave to enter / remain should apply for settlement.Click here to read more. […]
Employment Appeal Tribunal Compromise Allma Construction Ltd v Bonner UKEATS/0060/09/BIThe Employment Tribunal had erred in finding that there was no binding compromise of the Claimant’s claim in circumstances where there had been a verbal acceptance of the offer made by the Respondent which was relayed through the ACAS officer although nothing had been reduced to […]
