News The UK Border Agency has expanded its partnership working with local government by launching a new checking service for settlement applications. If a migrant is applying for settlement (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’) using application form SET(M), they can now have their application checked by a local authority officer before it is […]
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to have been ranked as a first tier set in the prestigious Legal 500. The Legal 500 publishes rankings of the leading barristers and sets of chambers in the UK, based on extensive research and from taking up references w
The Latest Housing Law News Thousands more Assured Tenancies: on 1 October 2010 thousands more tenants became assured short-hold tenants when the annual rent ceiling was lifted from £25,000 to £100,000. For a copy of the order which made the change, click here. To access the explanatory memorandum, click here. Tenants of Mortgage Borrowers: on […]
News A legal opinion obtained by Liberty suggests that UKBA proposals to introduce an English language test for those coming to Britain to marry UK citizens could breach human rights and race relations legislation.Click here to read more The UKBA on Friday introduced an increase in fees for PBS, sponsorship, visit and nationality applications. There […]
Employment Appeal Tribunal Postponement Chang-Tave v Haydon School UKEAT/0153/10/CEAThe Employment Tribunal refused the Claimant’s application to postpone a hearing on medical grounds. The medical evidence before it were medical reports showing the Claimant had suffered a major depressive disorder and a recent letter from the Claimant’s doctor who stated he was psychologically vulnerable and advised […]
News The Anti Slavery Day Act 2010 (specified date) Order came into effect on 21 September 2010 which identifies 18 October 2010 as an anti slavery awareness day. 22 September 2010: Immigration Minister Damian Green has said that the government will rigorously defend any legal challenge of its interim migrant limit. JCWI is challenging the […]
The Latest Housing Law News Social Housing Sales: on 21 September 2010 the latest statistics on social housing sales to sitting tenants in England during 2009-10 were released. They cover sales through Right to Buy, Preserved Right to Buy, Right to Acquire, Social HomeBuy and other outright or shared equity sales to sitting tenants. For […]
Marc Willers was recently instructed by Community Law Partnership (CLP) to represent the firm in judicial review proceedings brought against the Legal Services Commission (LSC) following the rejection of its bid for a Social Welfare Law contract.
David Watkinson has secured victory for tenants facing eviction as the European Court of Human Rights ruled today in Kay and Ors v UK that it is for the courts and not local authorities to decide when eviction can be permitted.
The Latest Housing Law News Housing and Human Rights: this week (on Tuesday 21 September 2010) the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg will deliver its long awaited judgment in Kay v UK on the impact of Article 8 on possession proceedings. For the details of the case and the question the court will […]
News UKBA has responded to Refugee Action’s postcard campaign on asylum seekers by asserting that the government is committed to providing a safe haven for genuine refugees and that "[w]e do not consider it acceptable to send people to their countries of origin where they would have to hide their sexuality to avoid persecution". It […]
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to have hosted the launch of "Insider Art" by artist Matthew Meadows, featuring an exhibition of paintings and wood block prints.
We have become aware that members of the public have been contacted by fraudsters purporting to be from Garden Court Chambers. The latest versions of these have included rubber ink stamps and seals which look official.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Statutory grievance procedure Serco Home Affairs Ltd v Watson UKEAT/0348/10/ZTIf a claim is made against a named individual they should either be named in the grievance letter, or there should be something in the letter that would enable them to be identified. Only those matters which have been the raised in the […]
The Latest Housing Law News Social Housing Allocation: while the Coalition Government reflects on whether changes should be made to the law on social housing allocation, the National Housing Federation has issued a detailed discussion paper on the topic inviting responses by 30 September 2010. For a copy, click here. The Scottish Executive Government is […]
News The UK Border Agency has announced proposals to increase immigration and nationality application fees for all those applying to visit, study, work or stay in the UK from autumn 2010. Click here to read more. New versions of Points Based System application forms were published, and a new version of the Tier 1 (General) […]
News The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, acting as a third party intervener, stated that "Asylum seekers, including persons transferred under the ‘Dublin Regulation’, face extremely harsh conditions in Greece" before the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in M.S.S v. Belgium and Greece (no. 30696/09) on Wednesday.Click here to read more. The UKBA […]
News 26th August 2010: Government Immigration Minister Damian Green has indicated that the government is considering a number of exclusions to guarantee top Indian firms that Indian employees will be able to work freely in UK. To achieve this the government is unlikely to restrict intra-company transfers for top Indian professionals. The government wants new […]
Employment Appeal Tribunal Stay of Proceedings Gloucester Constabulary v Peters UKEAT/0322/10/ZTThe Employment Tribunal had erred in refusing to allow a further stay of a hearing in relation to disability where the issue of "day to day activities" of the employee, a service police officer, were also the subject of a police fraud investigation. However the […]
Sarah Hemingway visited Turkey in August to monitor a trial on behalf of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights. The reinstatement cases brought by hundreds of dismissed workers from the Sinter Metal Factory were again adjourned, over 18 months a
