Housing Law News Social housing allocation: on 31 December 2013 the UK Government issued a new supplementary set of statutory guidance for councils in England on social housing allocations and lettings. It suggests greater emphasis on priority for local applicants and members of the armed forces who need "and deserve" social housing. It encourages councils […]
Today, for the first time in 800 years, lawyers publicly protested and staged a half-day walkout. Why? The short answer is that barristers walked out of court this morning to prevent the Government walking all over public justice.
Following an inquest at Leicester Coroner’s Court, the coroner has been critical of the care that the deceased received in hospital prior to his death. Terry McGuinness represented the boy’s family.
Following a four-week inquest, a jury has decided that Robert Edwards died as a result of inadequate care provided by officers in Bury St Edmunds police station, and in a healthcare assessment provided by a G4S contractor.
The Crime Team at Garden Court Chambers has announced today that they will not be attending any criminal court on the morning of Monday 6 January 2014 in protest against attacks by the Ministry of Justice on legal aid and access to justice.
Immigration Law News The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights has warned that the new Immigration Bill’s proposed new appeal rights have serious implications for access for justice. To read more, click here. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has published his Annual Report for 2012/13. For more information, click here. The Home […]
Permission has been granted by the Court of Appeal to a Zambrano carer in an income support appeal against the Upper Tribunal. The woman was represented by Stephen Knafler QC and Desmond Rutledge.
The High Court has ordered the release of a Somali national, ruling his immigration detention unlawful. The man was represented at the trial by Greg Ó Ceallaigh.
A man who has served 17 years of a life sentence for attempted rape has had his conviction quashed at the Court of Appeal. Peter Wilcock QC demonstrated that the conviction was unsafe after fresh DNA evidence came to light.
YOUR EDITOR: Garden Court Chambers is proud to announce that the current Editor of this Bulletin, Jan Luba QC, has been included in the new list of the Top 100 QCs published last week. For more details, click here. He has additionally been included in the new list of the UK’s Best Lawyers. For details, […]
Immigration Law News The UK has been heavily criticised by Amnesty International for failing to resettle vulnerable Syrian refugees. To read further, click here. Under a new habitual residence test, income-related benefits are to be harder for European Union migrants to obtain as they face a string of 100 questions, including the reasons they were […]
A jury has ruled that the police used unreasonable force when they set a police dog on a 17-year-old man. The man was represented by Stephen Simblet.
Garden Court's Crime Team will not be accepting VHCCs at the new rates of pay and will be joining the CBA's day of action on 6 January.
The jury in the Mark Duggan inquest retired at 15:07 today to consider their conclusions in the 13-week inquest. They must decide how and in what circumstances Mark Duggan came to be shot by a firearms officer during the course of a police operation on 4
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to learn that Laurie Fransman QC and Jan Luba QC have been named in Chambers & Partners' inaugural Chambers 100 UK Bar. Chambers & Partners say their new tables recommend the "top barristers practising in England
Employment Law News State pension age to rise The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced plans to increase the state pension age to 70. The change will not take place immediately, but in successive stages, over the next thirty years. To read more, click here. Different approaches to industrial relations inquiry Ministers from […]
CONFERENCE SPECIAL: this week’s Bulletin is being published to coincide with the Annual Conference of the Housing Law Practitioners Association (HLPA) being held today in London. To join HLPA, or to find out more about its activities, click here. Housing Law News Housing Policy: in the Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013 the Chancellor announced […]
Immigration Law News 2 December 2013 – Significant changes to legal aid come into force including removal of the uplift in the rate paid for immigration and asylum Upper Tribunal (UT) cases. For more information, click here. 3 December 2013 – Liberia, "It’s Nature, Not a Crime:" Discriminatory laws and LGBT people in Liberia. For […]
An Australian man living in the UK who had been facing deportation following his disruption of the 2012 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race has been told he may stay in the UK. He was represented at yesterday's tribunal hearing by Stephanie Harrison QC and Edward
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has today announced that it has re-opened the investigation into the death of Sean Rigg, who died in police custody in 2008. Following his inquest in 2012, in which his family were represented by Leslie Thomas
