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Criminal Appeals, Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Sunday 12 November 2017

Counterfeit clothing case ends in acquittal for all defendants

Henry Blaxland QC appeared for a defendant charged with involvement in commercial scale trading in counterfeit clothing.

Henry Blaxland KC

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 10 November 2017

Sean Horstead appointed Assistant Coroner for Kent

We are delighted to announce that Sean Horstead has been appointed Assistant Coroner for Kent.

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 10 November 2017

Court rules landlord’s ban of ‘coloured’ tenants is unlawful

Bethan Harris represented the Equality and Human Rights Commission in its case against private landlord Fergus Wilson.

Bethan Harris

Court of Protection | Thursday 9 November 2017

Upper Tribunal gives guidance on age assessments

Tessa Buchanan appeared for the applicant, AS. 

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Wednesday 8 November 2017

The primacy of EU law: asserting the right to equal treatment v judicial immunity

Maya Sikand and Laura Profumo discuss the impact of the recent Supreme Court decision.

Criminal Defence, Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Protest Rights | Tuesday 7 November 2017

Greenpeace Anti-Fracking Activists Not Guilty

All 10 activists were represented by Owen Greenhall of the Garden Court Crime Team.

Owen Greenhall

Administrative and Public Law, Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation | Monday 6 November 2017

Statutory guidance on adults at risk under scrutiny

Following the judgment in Medical Justice and others, Shu Shin Luh of Garden Court Chambers says it is inevitable that the statutory guidance will need to be reviewed.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 6 November 2017

Employment tribunal upholds sex discrimination claim

David Renton of the Garden Court Chambers Employment Team appeared in the case of Amy Arnold v UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd.

David Renton

Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation | Thursday 2 November 2017

Principal Judge of Asylum Support Tribunal allows “Landmark” Case

Bryony Poynor represented the family pro bono instructed by the Asylum Support Appeals Project.

Administrative and Public Law, Court of Protection, International Human Rights | Wednesday 1 November 2017

Garden Court is delighted to announce that all four of the pupils who started in October 2016 have accepted offers of tenancy at the end of their pupillage

Stephen Clark, Tihomir Mak, Laura Profumo and Franck Magennis have joined Chambers as full members and have already started developing their practices.

Franck MagennisStephen Clark

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities, Inquests and Inquiries | Wednesday 1 November 2017

Hillsborough Review backs ‘Hillsborough Law’

Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers were involved in the Hillsborough inquests, representing 80 families of those who died.

Housing Law | Tuesday 31 October 2017

Court of Appeal hands down important guidance on when a homeless person is “vulnerable”

Tessa Buchanan appeared on behalf of the appellant in the case of Panayiotou. 

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, International Human Rights | Friday 27 October 2017

Ibrahim Halawa released from prison in Egypt after being acquitted of all charges against him, following over four years in detention

Gráinne Mellon from Garden Court Chambers instructed in case by Reprieve to advise in his case. 

Gráinne Mellon

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Friday 27 October 2017

Jury identified systematic failures in relation to suicide and self harm management in a G4S run prison

INQUEST has been working with Jagjeet Samra's family since July 2016. The family is represented by Catherine Oborne...

Catherine Oborne

Housing Law | Friday 27 October 2017

High Court dismisses Local Authority’s appeal which ‘amounted to no more than a disagreement as to facts’

Sebastian Elgueta represented the Respondent in The Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark v Ibidun

Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defence | Wednesday 25 October 2017

Application for leave to appeal against conviction and substantive appeal allowed for refugee who was not advised of relevant defence in 2009

Shahida Begum was instructed by GT Stewart Solicitors to represent YH in an appeal against conviction.

Shahida Begum

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Garden Court International | Tuesday 24 October 2017

Immunity vs the rights of domestic workers: the impact of two recent Supreme Court judgments

Maya Sikand and Paul Clark comment on the impact of two recent Supreme Court cases on the rights of domestic workers.

Paul Clark

Family Law | Friday 20 October 2017

Garden Court Chambers welcome Nisha Bambhra and Katherine Duncan to the Family Team

We are delighted to announce that Nisha Bambhra and Katherine Duncan have joined the Family Law Team.

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Thursday 19 October 2017

Jury finds prison failings at HMP Doncaster were causative of the death of vulnerable prisoner Gerard Scahill

Family represented by Ifeanyi Odogwu and instructed by Jenny Fraser and Leanne Devine from Broudie Jackson Canter Solicitors.

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Thursday 19 October 2017

Latest inquest into prisoner death at HMP Winchester finds more failings

Sean's family is represented by counsel, Taimour Lay of Garden Court Chambers and assisted by the charity INQUEST.

Taimour Lay

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