News & Views
Community Care Law, Administrative and Public Law, Immigration Law | Thursday 27 July 2023
High Court rules Local Authorities obliged to consider support requests by appeal rights exhausted care leavers
Irena Sabic KC and Alex Grigg of Garden Court Chambers represented the Claimant, anonymised as DK, instructed by Radhi Shah of Youth Legal.
![Alex Grigg](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/3447.jpg)
![Irena Sabic KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1637.jpg)
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Immigration Law, Garden Court International | Friday 21 July 2023
Gráinne Mellon advises CAJ in Belfast on immigration checks on Irish land border
The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has commissioned a legal opinion on the legality of ongoing passport/immigration checks on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland following Brexit.
![Gráinne Mellon](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2987.jpg)
Children's Rights, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Criminal Defence | Friday 21 July 2023
Blog: Reflection on the Children's Rights Summer Conference
Kate Aubrey-Johnson reflects on the Children's Rights Summer Conference held at Garden Court Chambers on 11 July 2023.
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Immigration Law | Tuesday 18 July 2023
Helen Foot secures resettlement for former female Afghan judge
Helen Foot of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team was instructed by Oliver Oldman of Kingsley Napley and Lucy Blake of Jenner & Block.
![Helen Foot](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/962.jpg)
Children's Rights, Immigration Law, Administrative and Public Law | Monday 17 July 2023
'Name Me Lawand' Documentary Film Screening Now
A heartfelt documentary about Lawand, a six-year-old profoundly deaf boy from Iraq, who the Home Office tried to deport, is screening now. Lawand was represented by Gráinne Mellon, of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team.
![Gráinne Mellon](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2987.jpg)
Children's Rights, Immigration and Family Law Crossover , Immigration Law | Wednesday 12 July 2023
Kathryn Cronin wins Legal Aid Barrister of the Year at the 2023 LALY Awards
We are delighted to announce that Kathryn Cronin is the winner of Legal Aid Barrister of the Year at the 2023 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards.
![Kathryn Cronin](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/701.jpg)
Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Wednesday 12 July 2023
Garden Court Chambers shortlisted for record-breaking TEN awards at The Legal 500 Bar Awards
We are delighted to announce that Garden Court Chambers has been shortlisted in a record-breaking ten categories at The Legal 500 Bar Awards.
Administrative and Public Law, Immigration Law, Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation | Thursday 29 June 2023
Rwanda Judgment: Court of Appeal rules government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful
Sonali Naik KC, Adrian Berry, Mark Symes, Eva Doerr and Isaac Ricca-Richardson represent AS (Iran). David Sellwood is part of the team representing RM (Iran).
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![Sonali Naik KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/696.jpg)
![Adrian Berry](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1358.jpg)
![Eva Doerr](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2647.jpg)
![Mark Symes](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1088.jpg)
![Isaac Ricca-Richardson](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2368.jpg)