The Latest Housing Law News Social Housing Management: only two weeks left to prepare! The major reforms to tenure and succession rights in social housing will come into force on Sunday 1 April 2012 with the commencement of Localism Act 2011 sections 154-166. For the commencement order, click here. From Monday 2 April councils can […]
Cases JD (Congo) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 327 (16 March 2012) The Court revisited the approach to the second appeals test and the circumstances in which "compelling reasons" would justify an onwards appeal to the Court of Appeal. The flexibility inherent in the statutory language, which […]
Stephen Knafler QC and Tim Baldwin's joint advice to MIND on changes to section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983, originally proposed by the Health and Social Care Bill, have assisted amendments to the bill.
News The UK government has signed an agreement (not yet in force) with the government of the Republic of Korea concerning the readmission of persons – including persons who have lost the nationality of the requested party (of potential relevance to the possible ‘return’ of North Koreans to South Korea – see SSHD v SP […]
Garden Court Chambers has responded to the Bar Standards Board consultation on amending the Public Access Rules. We state in our response that it would be wrong for the rules to be changed to allow barristers to accept public access work if they would be
David Renton represented blacklisted construction worker Dave Smith in his recent case at London Central Employment Tribunal. The Respondent Carillion Plc admitted adding information about Dave Smith to a cover employers’ blacklist but denied liability on the basis that Smith was not their employee. Judgment has been reserved. The case has been widely reported in […]
Employment news Review of employment rights for worker in small businessesThe government has delayed a review into the reduction of rights for those who work for companies whose workforce number 10 or under. The minister responsible for employment was due to announce the call for evidence his Tuesday, but this has been delayed amidst fears […]
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News From 1 March 2012 the Border Force has been split from the UK Border Agency to become a separate operational command within the Home Office. To read further click here. For the UK government’s draft plan for reforming the European Court of Human Rights – inter alia so as to increase the ‘margin of […]
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Kieran Vaughan and Pete Weatherby have been appointed as Queen's Counsel today by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
Rebecca Hill has represented a mother in her appeal against extradition to the US. Eileen Clark, a US citizen with three adult children, has been living in the UK for 15 years but stands accused by her former husband and US prosecutors of "kidnapping" her children. After the break up or her marriage, Ms Clark […]
The Latest Housing Law News Rough sleeping: the latest figures on rough sleeping in England were released on 23 February 2012. The Autumn 2011 total of rough sleeping counts and estimates in England was 2,181 individuals, up by 413 (23%) from the Autumn 2010 total. For the full figures, click here. For the ministerial announcement, […]
News The Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has published a report into the detained fast track. Click here for more information. The UKBA has published its quarterly asylum statistics. Click here for more information. The Children’s Society has published a report into the experience of young refugees and migrants in the UK. […]
Occupy London protesters camped outside St Paul's have been told that they must leave the site after the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the City of London Corporation's eviction proceeding.
Employment news Consultations updateThe MOJ consultation on fees in the ET and EAT is open until 6 March 2012. Click here for more information. Draft Order now published: single judge shall hear Unfair Dismissal claimsThe draft Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Composition) Order 2012 has now been published. When it comes into effect, unfair dismissal claims […]
Garden Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Henry Blaxland QC, Kathryn Cronin and David Watkinson have been elected as new Joint Heads of Chambers.
The Latest Housing Law News Under-occupying social housing: on 14 February 2012 the House of Lords insisted on an amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill designed to protect the welfare benefits of some tenants under-occupying social housing. A reduction in benefits would not apply if: (1) they only have one spare bedroom; and (2) there […]
Cases MM Zimbabwe v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 135 Maurice Kay LJ in the Court of Appeal considered a case where errors leading to delays in determination of an appeal on asylum grounds were entirely those of the Tribunal rather than the Secretary of State, finding that this did […]
Sarah Hemingway monitored the case of the Metal Workers in Turkey who brought unfair dismissal claims against their employers, Sinter Metal Company, on grounds that their dismissal was motivated by anti-union discrimination.
David Renton has launched an employment law blog, where he will comment on his experiences of practising in the employment tribunals on behalf of workers. The launch comes ahead of the publication of David's book Struck Out: Why Employment Tribunals Fail
