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Social Welfare Updates

Our social welfare pages provide bite-sized updates on recent case-law and policy, written by Garden Court barristers specialising in adult social care, children’s services, Court of Protection (health and welfare), housing and homelessness, and welfare benefits.

Latest Updates

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 15 July 2016

Article 8 as a defence against a private sector possession claim

McDonald v McDonald [2016] UKSC 28, 15 June 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 12 July 2016

Requirements of lawful housing needs assessment

R (Smajlaj) v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2016] EWHC 1240 (Admin), Judge A Grubb, 26 May 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 4 July 2016

Immigration Act 2016: Immigration Control materials

We have collated a selection of important case law, orders, legislation, treaties, policy guidance and briefings that you may find helpful regarding the Immigration Act 2016, with a focus on immigration control.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 28 June 2016

Immigration Act 2016: Barriers to Support materials

We have collated a selection of important case law, orders, legislation, treaties, policy guidance and briefings that you may find helpful regarding the Immigration Act 2016 and barriers to support.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Immigration Act 2016

The Immigration Act 2016 received royal assent on 12 May 2016 and makes significant amendments to schedule 3 of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ('NIAA 2002').