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Housing Law | Wednesday 1 July 2020

Crisis unveils draft emergency legislation to end rough sleeping and homelessness

Adrian Berry, Liz Davies and Connor Johnston of the Garden Court Housing Team worked with Crisis to draft the legislation.

Liz Davies KCAdrian Berry KCConnor Johnston

Housing Law | Thursday 25 June 2020

Significant challenge to Lambeth’s housing policy conceded

Two members of Garden Court’s Housing Team, Liz Davies and Nick Bano, have been involved in bringing an important challenge to Lambeth Council’s allocations and homelessness policy.

Liz Davies KCNick Bano

Housing Law | Thursday 28 May 2020

Garden Court Housing Team response to Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court consultation on arrangements for listing possession claims after 25 June 2020

Garden Court Housing Team and Liz Davies, Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers respond to Clerkenwell & Shoreditch County Court consultation on arrangements for listing possession claims after 25 June 2020.

Housing Law | Wednesday 27 May 2020

Court of Appeal rules that Covid-19 related freeze on evictions also imposes freeze on eviction appeal proceedings

Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team representing the appellant Mr Okoro, in his successful challenge against the London Borough Of Hackney.

Tim Baldwin

Housing Law | Thursday 16 April 2020

Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice (LexisNexis 5th ed. 2018) now available free of charge

HHJ Jan Luba QC, Liz Davies, Connor Johnston and Tessa Buchanan are pleased to announce that Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice (LexisNexis 5th edition 2018) is now available as a pdf free of charge.

Liz Davies KCConnor Johnston

Immigration Law, Housing Law, Criminal Defence | Monday 30 March 2020

COVID-19 Bulletin – Law & Practice – 30.03.20

Updates on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on law and practice.

Community Care Law, Administrative and Public Law, Housing Law | Thursday 12 March 2020

Nick Bano joins Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant

Nick specialises in representing homeless people, residential occupiers, and destitute & migrant households in both public law and private law disputes.

Nick Bano

Housing Law | Tuesday 25 February 2020

Significant unlawful eviction case exposes the use of sham letting agreements by landlord companies in London

Tim Baldwin represented the Claimant instructed by Jayesh Kunwardia of Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors.

Tim Baldwin

Housing Law | Thursday 30 January 2020

Court of Appeal provides important guidance on late homelessness appeals, recognising the “difficulties faced by homelessness applicants in bringing an appeal… without legal advice and representation”

Liz Davies and Connor Johnston of the Garden Court Housing Team were instructed by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, on behalf of the intervener Shelter. They all acted pro bono.

Liz Davies KCConnor Johnston

Housing Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Community Care Law | Thursday 17 October 2019

Garden Court Chambers ranked in Band 1 in Chambers UK Bar Guide 2020

We are delighted to have once again been ranked in Band 1 by Chambers and Partners in the Chambers UK Bar Guide 2020.

Housing Law | Tuesday 15 October 2019

Garden Court Housing Team responds to Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government consultation on ‘A new deal for renters’

The Garden Court Housing Team welcomes the government’s proposal to abolish no fault evictions (based on s.21 Housing Act 1988).

Housing Law | Monday 7 October 2019

Two-day court hearing set to start over demolition of Seven Sisters indoor market

The Claimants are represented by Marc Willers QC, Tim Baldwin and Camila Zapata Besso of Garden Court Chambers, instructed by Hodge Jones and Allen.

Marc Willers KCTim Baldwin

Housing Law | Wednesday 24 July 2019

Court of Appeal allows appeal on important point of law in housing succession case

Mr Yildiz was represented by Edward Fitzpatrick (at the appeal hearing) and Tim Baldwin (prior to the appeal hearing) leading Stephen Marsh, all of Garden Court.

Edward FitzpatrickTim Baldwin

Housing Law, Administrative and Public Law | Wednesday 12 June 2019

Landmark Supreme Court ruling on criteria for affordability of accommodation and intentional homelessness

Shu Shin Luh and Connor Johnston of Garden Court were instructed on behalf of the interveners Shelter and the Child Poverty Action Group.

Connor Johnston

Housing Law | Tuesday 4 June 2019

Catherine O’Donnell co-authors ‘Housing Conditions: tenants’ rights’ (sixth edition, LAG)

The definitive legal guide to bad housing conditions in rented accommodation in England is written by Catherine O'Donnell of Garden Court, HHJ Jan Luba QC (formerly of Garden Court) and Giles Peaker.

Housing Law | Wednesday 17 April 2019

Court of Appeal grants permission to appeal on a novel point of law in a housing succession case

Mr Yildiz is represented by Tim Baldwin leading Stephen Marsh, both of Garden Court, who are instructed by Farzana Chowdhury of Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors.

Tim Baldwin

Housing Law, Community Care Law, Court of Protection | Wednesday 20 March 2019

High Court’s inherent jurisdiction for the protection of vulnerable adults (Southend-on-Sea Borough Council v Meyers)

This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Private Client on 8 March 2019.    Southend-on-Sea Borough Council v Meyers [2019] EWHC 399 (Fam)  What are the practical implications of this case?  The case of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council v Meyers highlights the wide and largely unfettered nature of the power to grant injunctive relief under the High […]

Bethan Harris

Housing Law | Friday 15 March 2019

Congratulations to Justine Compton on her appointment as Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit

Justine Compton of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team has been appointed as Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit.

Housing Law | Wednesday 23 January 2019

Garden Court Housing Team’s response to Call for Evidence on the Case for a Housing Court

The Garden Court Chambers Housing Team has responded to the Call for Evidence on the Case for a Housing Court, which closed on 22 January 2019.

Housing Law | Wednesday 19 December 2018

‘Crisis, what crisis?’

Liz Davies of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team gave the keynote speech titled “Crisis, what crisis?” at the Housing Law Practitioner’s Association Annual Conference on 12 December 2018.

Liz Davies KC
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