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Garden Court Chambers | Monday 28 October 2013

Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 346 – 28 October 2013

Immigration Law News Legislative ChangesThe British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 come into force on 28 October 2013, amending the British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003. The Amendment Regulations insert a revised regulation 5A into the 2003 Regulations. The revised regulation 5A changes the qualifications applicants may rely on to prove their knowledge of English and […]

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 23 October 2013

Three Climate Siren activists unanimously acquitted at the Old Bailey of public nuisance for the Tower Bridge banner drop

Anna Morris represented the first defendant who, along with two others, hung a banner on top of the Paralympic Games' logo on Tower Bridge. All three were cleared of all charges.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 22 October 2013

Dexter Dias QC presents restraint death research at Harvard

Garden Court's Dexter Dias QC this week presented his award-winning restraint death research to the Moral Cognition Lab at Harvard University.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 22 October 2013

Police failings contributed to domestic violence killings

An inquest has found that police failings contributed to the death of Rachael Slack and her two-year-old son. Rajeev Thacker was instructed for the Slack family.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 22 October 2013

Foreign children can be entitled to remain in the UK to receive life-saving treatment

Stephen Knafler QC and Mark Symes appeared for the appellants in a landmark judgment handed down this morning.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 21 October 2013

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 329 – 21 October

Stop Press Luba in Leicester. On Wednesday 30 October 2013 at 5pm Jan Luba QC of Garden Court Chambers is leading a free evening seminar in Leicester for lawyers and legal advisers from across the Midlands. The seminar entitled Housing Law: the key current issues on Allocations, Homelessness and Social Housing Possession Cases will be […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 21 October 2013

Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 345 – 21 October 2013

Immigration Law News On his recent trip to China, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced measures to simplify the visa application process for Chinese visitors. To read further, click here. For more criticisms of the ‘go home’ texts and billboards, click here and here. Immigration Law Cases AN (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the […]

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 18 October 2013

Supreme Court confirms that prisoner voting ban violates European Convention on Human Rights

The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously decided to follow the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights that the blanket ban on convicted prisoners voting is incompatible with their rights under Article 3 of Protocol No 1 to the ECHR.

Romani Gypsy and Traveller Rights | Friday 18 October 2013

18 Garden Court barristers instructed on Hillsborough Inquest

Garden Court Chambers are pleased to announce that 18 Garden Court barristers have been instructed on the Hillsborough inquest.

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 16 October 2013

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 328 – 16 October

Housing at Garden Court The Garden Court Housing Team are delighted to have been recommended as a top tier set in the Social Housing chapter of the recently published Legal 500 2013. Described as "the premier set for homelessness and tenant-focused work", nine members of the team are highlighted as leading individuals. For full details, […]

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 15 October 2013

Appeal Court rules on deportation test case

On 8 October 2013, the Master of the Rolls handed down Judgment in MF (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1192, the test case on the interpretation of the new Immigration Rules relating to Article 8 ECHR and the deportat

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 15 October 2013

Garden Court Chambers expands with 57 new tenants

Garden Court Chambers is pleased to announce that its recent phase of expansion is complete, with new recruits having moved their practices to Chambers. We are now home to 185 tenants across the full mix of common law areas.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 15 October 2013

Employment Law Bulletin – Issue 156 – 15 October 2013

Employment Law News Blacklisting A number of employers in the construction industry have agreed to fund a compensation scheme for workers affected by blacklisting. The scheme has not yet been finalised and key details remain to be negotiated. For more details, click here. Possible strike by postal workers Early press reports indicated that the Communications […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 14 October 2013

Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 344 – 14 October 2013

Immigration Law News The new Immigration Bill has been announced. It contains radical provisions on cutting appeal rights and making appeals against deportation non-suspensive, putting the Government’s interpretation of the right to private and family life onto the statute book, and increasing powers to take fingerprints and search for passports, and reducing bail rights. There […]

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 11 October 2013

International Criminal Court: Abdullah al-Senussi to be tried in Libya

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled today that the case against Abdullah Al-Senussi, the former intelligence chief to Muammar Gaddafi is inadmissible before the Court.

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 11 October 2013

David Renton acting in Employment Appeal Tribunal case on blacklisting

David Renton is currently appearing in the EAT hearing into blacklisting by Carillion (JM) Ltd – previously John Mowlem Ltd.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 8 October 2013

Coroner Criticises Pain Management in Prisons

Following an inquest into a death in prison the Coroner for Hertfordshire has criticised the management of chronic back pain in prisons across the country in a report to the Secretary of State for Justice. Tom Stoate represented the family of the deceased

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 7 October 2013

Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 343 – 7 October 2013

Immigration Law News 6 October 2013David Villa, an Eritrean teenager who is possibly using the name of an Atletico Madrid footballer to conceal his true identity, tells his story of fleeing war-torn Eritrea before surviving the horrific sea voyage in which hundreds of migrants died off Lampedusa, Italy.For more information, click here. 30 September 2013 […]

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 2 October 2013

Employment Law Bulletin – Issue 155 – 2 October 2013

Employment Law News The Big Work Survey reveals over-stressed staff According to the survey, the UK is a nation of over-stressed staff who regularly eat lunch whilst still working at their desks. The UK workforce were also found to be prone to working overtime, working through holidays and even working when ill, according to the […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 30 September 2013

Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 342 – 30 September 2013

Legal 500 2013 We were delighted once again to be the only barristers’ chambers in the country to be recommended as a top tier set for immigration (including business immigration) in the Legal 500 2013. The team is recognised as an "elite set [which] has always been at the forefront of immigration representation", in addition […]