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Housing Law | Tuesday 31 October 2017

Court of Appeal hands down important guidance on when a homeless person is “vulnerable”

Tessa Buchanan appeared on behalf of the appellant in the case of Panayiotou. 

Housing Law | Friday 27 October 2017

High Court dismisses Local Authority’s appeal which ‘amounted to no more than a disagreement as to facts’

Sebastian Elgueta represented the Respondent in The Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark v Ibidun

Housing Law | Thursday 12 October 2017

Court of Appeal is considering when a person is “significantly” more vulnerable than ordinarily vulnerable as a result of being homeless

Tessa Buchanan appeared this week in the case of Panayiotou v London Borough of Waltham Forest.

Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Community Care Law | Friday 22 September 2017

Bach Commission report calls for Rights to Justice Act and far wider eligibility for legal aid

Garden Court Chambers contributed evidence to the Bach Commission.

Joanne Cecil KCLucie Wibberley

Housing Law | Thursday 14 September 2017

Liz Davies appearance on BBC Radio 4 ‘Unreliable Evidence’

Liz Davies appeared on BBC Radio 4's 'Unreliable Evidence' programme.

Liz Davies KC

Housing Law | Tuesday 5 September 2017

Shelter research into legal gaps exposed by Grenfell fire – call for evidence

Tessa Buchanan of Garden Court Chambers has joined the advisory group assisting with the research.

Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Friday 4 August 2017

Garden Court Chambers responds to the Jackson review of fixed recoverable costs

Read the response of our Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Public Law and Housing teams.

Housing Law | Thursday 3 August 2017

The Garden Court Chambers Housing Team respond to the consultation of Terms of Reference of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has called for responses to the consultation of Terms of Reference.

Housing Law | Tuesday 1 August 2017

Appeal against Southwark’s decision that woman with auto-immune disorder and depression was not a ‘vulnerable’ homeless person in priority need

Liz Davies of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team represented the appellant.

Liz Davies KC

Housing Law | Wednesday 26 July 2017

‘The consequences of wealth before homes’: Liz Davies on the implications of the Grenfell Tower tragedy

Liz Davies is a member of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team.

Liz Davies KC

Administrative and Public Law, Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation, Immigration: Personal and Business | Thursday 20 July 2017

Proof magazine #3: ‘Life in the Justice Gap: Why legal aid matters’ launch supported by Garden Court Chambers

Garden Court Chambers is proud to sponsor Proof magazine. The third issue of Proof was co-produced by the Justice Gap and the Justice Alliance.

Liz Davies KC

Community Care Law, Housing Law | Tuesday 18 July 2017

David Watkinson poem – “The Masque of Anarchy” or “The Coalition of Chaos”

Read David Watkinson's masterful and topical poem recited at the Garden Court Housing and Community Care summer party.

David Watkinson

Housing Law | Monday 10 July 2017

Films ‘Nadia’ and ‘Eviction’ highlight legal rights on homelessness

Justine Compton of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team advised on homelessness law for the scripts. 

Administrative and Public Law, Housing Law | Thursday 22 June 2017

Revised benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with children under two, High Court rules

Shu Shin Luh and Connor Johnston were instructed by Freshfields Bruckhause Deringer for the intervener, Shelter.

Connor Johnston

Administrative and Public Law, Criminal Appeals, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Friday 16 June 2017

Garden Court Chambers extends condolences and solidarity to all those affected by Grenfell Tower tragedy

Garden Court Chambers is horrified by the fire at Grenfell Towers. We extend our condolences and our solidarity to all those bereaved, injured or rendered homeless.

Housing Law | Friday 16 June 2017

Immediate housing duties owed to victims of fires

Homelessness duties owed by the local authority to former residents of Grenfell Tower.

Liz Davies KC

Housing Law | Thursday 15 June 2017

Homelessness Reduction Act 2017: Tackling homelessness early

Liz Davies of Garden Court Chambers writes in June’s edition of Legal Action magazine on the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.

Liz Davies KC

Housing Law | Wednesday 3 May 2017

Response to ‘Fixing the broken housing market’: Housing White Paper, DCLG

In its Housing White Paper published on 7 February 2017, the Government concedes that the UK’s housing market is “broken” and promises a fresh wave of home-building and affordable housing to buy and rent.

Housing Law | Thursday 20 April 2017

London Borough of Southwark still found to be imposing unlawful water service charges in possession proceedings

Tim Baldwin of Garden Court Chambers was instructed by Serdar Celebi of Cambridge House Law Centre.

Tim Baldwin

Housing Law | Wednesday 12 April 2017

His Honour Judge Jan Luba QC delivers first Bryan McGuire QC memorial lecture on homelessness

On 5 April 2017, His Honour Judge Jan Luba QC gave the inaugural Bryan McGuire QC memorial lecture on homelessness.
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