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Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 25 June 2008

NEW Community Care Legal Resource

A new Community Care Legal Resource has been developed within the Legal Resources section of our website.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 June 2008

Alison Grief: New ‘Assistant Deputy Coroner for Mid Kent and Medway’

Garden Court are pleased to announce that Alison Grief has been appointed as the new 'Assistant Deputy Coroner for Mid Kent and Medway,' Alison was appointed on 2nd June 2008.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 23 June 2008

Courtenay Griffiths and Terry Munyard defend the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor.

Courtenay Griffiths and Terry Munyard are currently involved in a landmark case in The Hague where they are defending the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor. Watch the trial live here.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 23 June 2008

Issue 100 – 23rd June 2008

Registered Social Landlords as "public authorities": on 11 June 2008 Baroness Hamwee moved an amendment to the Housing & Local Government Bill drafted by HLPA and designed to define as "public authorities" (for the purposes of both judicial review and the Human Rights Act 1998) all housing associations and other social landlords. The amendment was […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 23 June 2008

Issue 94 – 23rd June 2008

NEWS End of HSMP New Tier 1 of the Points Based System begins operation on 30 June 2008, replacing the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme (HSMP) and seven other immigration categories, including business persons, innovators, investors, self-employed lawyers, writers, composers and artists, and the International Graduates Scheme (IGS). Those currently in the UK in any of […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 16 June 2008

Issue 93 – 16th June 2008

News The economic case for migration was reinforced as the Government published its response to the House of Lords Committee’s report on the economic impacts of migration, finding that immigration has contributed to the success of the UK economy by helping to meet labour and skills shortages in the public and private sectors and noting […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 16 June 2008

Issue 2 – 16th June 2008

COMMUNITY CARE UPDATE No 2 News Guardian, 14th May 2008: 600 families who commit crimes, have chronic drug abuse problems and fail at school and in the job market are being targeted by Westminster Council hoping to cut their cost to the state. Scotsman, 15 May 2008: Scotland’s health service could be hit by compensation claims […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 16 June 2008

Issue 99 – 16th June 2008

Two new Housing Law specialists at Garden Court Chambers: Edward Fitzpatrick (formerly of Mitre Court Buildings) and Dr Tim Baldwin (formerly of 5 Pump Court) have accepted invitations to join the specialist Housing Team at Garden Court Chambers. Read more information about them here. Homelessness: the homelessness statistics for England for the first quarter of […]

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 12 June 2008

Garden Court successful in House of Lords on the standard of proof in care proceedings

Jo Delahunty QC and Alison Grief, of Garden Court's Family Team,
successfully opposed an appeal in the House of Lords that would have
seen the standard of proof in Care proceedings reduced to a 'real possibility'
test.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 June 2008

Issue 98 – 9th June 2008

The Latest Housing Law News Tenant Services Agency: The Housing Minister announced on 6 June 2008 that the new regulator of social housing to be established under the Housing Bill is to be known as the TSA rather than as OFTenant. She also announced details of recruitment for board members including tenants’ representatives. For a […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 June 2008

Issue 50 – 10th June 2008

COURT OF APPEAL Khan v The Home Office [2008] EWCA Civ 578The Tribunal had not erred in its application of burden of proof when it concluded that the Respondent’s approach to dismissal procedure, pay, special leave and CSCS compensation was untainted by race or sex discrimination. EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Strike out Turner v Sandham UKEAT/0028/08/ZTAlthough […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 June 2008

Issue 92 – 9th June 2008

News The UNHCR has published guidelines for determining what is in the best interest of children falling within its mandate. To view the guidelines: The UK Border Agency has added new occupations to the national shortage occupation list for work permits and amended two occupation titles. Full details of all these changes click here The […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 2 June 2008

Issue 97 – 2nd June 2008

The Latest Housing Law News Rent arrears and Ground 8: The Government is coming under increasing pressure to amend the Housing Bill so as to prevent housing associations from using Ground 8 (rent arrears) – a mandatory ground for possession of an assured tenancy. The Citizens Advice Bureaux service has just published an evidence paper, […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 2 June 2008

Issue 91 – 2 June 2008

News The Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a Convention on Cluster Munitions, signed off the Convention on Cluster Munitions (30 May 2008), the Convention noting its deep concern that civilian populations and individual civilians continue to bear the brunt of armed conflict. More info The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of […]

Garden Court Chambers | Sunday 1 June 2008

Garden Court Chambers response to the Bar Standards Board Consultation on the Legal Services Act 2007. Implications for the regulation of the Bar in England and Wales.

The Legal Services Act sets out a framework for reform and paves the way for radical changes to the way legal services will be offered in future, threatening the independence of both solicitors and the Bar and their service to the public.
Garden Court in

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 30 May 2008

BE (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 540

The appellant was an Iranian who deserted from the army when he was ordered to plant landmines in a road which he knew was used by civilians. The Court of Appeal accepted that he was entitled to refugee status, since the planting of landmines in these cir

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 27 May 2008

Inquest into restraint-related death of psychiatric patient

The inquest into the death of Kurt Howard opens on 27 May 2008 and is expected to last for three weeks. He died following a prolonged period of restraint in the prone position. Kurt's family has waited nearly six years for the inquest into his death. The

Garden Court Chambers | Sunday 25 May 2008

Issue 90 – 26th May 2008

NEWS The UK Border Agency has published its guidance for Tier 1 of the points-based system for highly skilled workers who want to work, train or study in the United Kingdom. The Home Office released its ‘Asylum Statistics: 1st Quarter 2008‘ this week. Overall applications were up 16%, whilst initial decisions were down 26%. The […]

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 23 May 2008

Important House of Lords Case on Standard of Proof in Care Proceedings

Jo Delahunty QC and Alison Grief of the Garden Court Family Team, appeared in the House of Lords on Monday 19th May 2008 and Tuesday 20th May 2008 in the case of Re B Children. They were instructed by CAFCASS to intervene on behalf of the organisation in

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 23 May 2008

Issue 50 – 23rd May 2008

COURT OF APPEAL Correction of decisions Bone v London Borough of Newham [2008] EWCA Civ 435The Tribunal could not use the "slip rule" under Rule 37 to include, at a remedies hearing, a finding which had been omitted from its original liability judgment that an unfair dismissal was direct discrimination and victimisation. However, given that […]