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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

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 327 – 30 September 2013

Legal 500 2013 (Housing) The Garden Court Housing Team were delighted to be recommended as a top tier set in the newly-created Social Housing chapter of 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, click here. Housing […]

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 […]

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 25 September 2013

Garden Court Chambers recommended as Top Tier Set in Legal 500 2013

Garden Court Chambers is once again delighted to have been recommended as a Top Tier Set in this year's Legal 500. We are recommended in six areas of law as a set, with 11 silks and 27 junior barristers recognised individually.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 September 2013

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 326 – 24 September 2013

Housing Law News Homelessness: while the numbers of homeless applications and acceptances are going up in England, they are falling in Wales. But the latest Welsh statistics indicate a significant increase in the use of B&B accommodation. For the latest statistics, click here. Housing benefit (bedroom tax 1): the first tranche of judgments on the […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 23 September 2013

Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 341 – 23 September 2013

Immigration Law Cases Rahim, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2794 (Admin) 13 September 2013Mr Ockelton, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge (DHCJ), held in the case of an Iraqi national who had originally claimed asylum in 2003 but who in 2010 had gone to […]

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 18 September 2013

Employment Law Bulletin – Issue 154 – 18 September 2013

Employment Law News Low Pay Britain A report published by the Resolution Foundation entitled, "Low Pay Britain 2013" shows that 4.8 million Britons (20 per cent of all employees) earn below the Living Wage – a leap from 3.4 million (14 per cent) in 2009 – at the height of the recession. It is believed […]

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 17 September 2013

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 325 – 17 September 2013

Housing Law News Legal aid in housing cases: the number of housing law cases in which legal advice and assistance has been sought from legal aid solicitors and advisers in England has nose-dived since the introduction of cuts to the scope of legal aid in April 2013. This is particularly surprising as most mainstream housing […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 16 September 2013

Rajeev Thacker acting in the inquest into the deaths of Rachael and Auden Slack and Andrew Cairns

Rajeev Thacker is currently instructed for the Slack family in the inquest into the deaths of Rachael Slack, her two year old son Auden and her ex-partner Andrew Cairn.

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 13 September 2013

Garden Court Chambers to participate in Open House London 2013

Garden Court Chambers is delighted to be part of Open House London weekend again on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2013. The weekend gives the public the opportunity to see our 17th and 18th century buildings completely free of charge.