News The UK Border Agency announced this week that it is changing its published policy on judicial review challenges in cases where they are seeking a removal. The changes to the policy will come into effect on 3rd August 2009. If an applicant issues a claim for a judicial review up to three months after […]
News Three law firm workers have been given prison sentences totalling 16 years for providing false immigration documents. see The UKBA has announced some very large fines being imposed on a restaurant for employing illegal workers. see Cases In SSHD v HH (Iraq) [2009] EWCA Civ 727 the CA held that a decision to make […]
Garden Court Housing Barristers key to important House of Lords Decision
House of Lords SCA Packaging v Boyle [2009] UKHL 37 HLThe House of Lords decided that the word ‘likely’ as used in paragraphs 6(1) and 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (whether an impairment would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal […]
The Latest Housing Law News Housing Possession Claims: in the first quarter of this year (January to March 2009) over 61,000 possession claims were brought in the county courts of England & Wales and over 38,000 warrants for possession were issued. Both figures represent increases against the last quarter of 2008. The details were given […]
News Violence in China’s western region of Xinjiang has left at least 140 people dead and 800 people injured. Reports from Xinjiang suggest some internet and mobile services are blocked. View The defence secretary concedes that there is a need for a new investigation into the deaths of 20 Iraqis in Basra in 2004 High […]
Godfrey Moyo's family was represented by INQUEST Lawyers Group members,
barrister Leslie Thomas of Garden Court Chambers instructed by Daniel
Machover of Hickman and Rose Solicitors.
The Latest Housing Law News More reform in Housing: in a parliamentary written statement made on 30 June 2009 the Housing Minister announced a swathe of further changes to housing law and policy including: (1) with immediate effect, all new build council housing will be excluded from the HRA subsidy system which means that councils […]
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Garden Court has responded to the Legal Services Commission’s consultation on denying access to criminal work for solicitors who refuse to carry out the work for next to nothing. A copy of the response has been sent to the Constitutional Affairs Committee
Women fleeing domestic violence entitled to Homelessness Assistance
Women's Refuges Protected From Bed-Blocking
The Latest Housing Law News More Law on Social Housing: today (29 June 2009) the Prime Minister announced further changes in the law relating to social housing as part of the Building Britain’s Future programme The four specific proposals are: (1) a change in the rules for allocating social housing, enabling local authorities to give […]
Employment Appeal Tribunal Strike out Ironopolis Film Company Ltd & ors v Fox UKEAT/0314/08/DAAs the Respondents’ responses were struck out in accordance with Rule 18(7)(b), (c) and (e) the Tribunal had erred in saying that they were not entitled to take any further part in the proceedings other than to seek a review. see Amendment/reasons […]
News This week the Children’s Society and Bail for Immigration Detainees published a report on the UK Border Agency’s A2D (Alternative to Detention) project, which took place in Millbank, Kent from 2007-2008. The project received £1 million in funding from the Home Office, but it resulted in the removal of only one family. View You […]
News The UKBA has rejected calls for an amnesty for illegal immigrants. see In responding to a report on suspected war criminals in the UK, published by the Aegis Trust, the UKBA has given the clearest indication so far of the intention to bring into force Part 10 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act […]
Anna Morris and Tom Wainwright, instructed by Kellys Solicitors, represented 3 protesters who were arrested at Climate Camp at Kingsnorth power station last year who have lodged a complaint with the IPCC regarding their treatment at the hands of police officers. The 3, Emily Apple, Valerie Swain and Jeffrey Cornock, were present at the demonstrating […]
The Latest Housing Law News Help for mortgage defaulters: on 17 June 2009 the Treasury Select Committee announced the launch of an inquiry into mortgage arrears and repossessions. It has called for written submissions by 12 noon on 1st July 2009. Advisers with experience of assisting defaulters facing repossession may wish to respond. For more […]
EMPLOYMENT BULLETIN 65 HOUSE OF LORDS Holidays Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Stringer [2009] UKHL 31Holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998, including termination payments, are included in the definition of wages under s27 Employment Rights Act 1996 ("ERA") and therefore can be claimed as an unauthorised deduction from wages. more info EMPLOYMENT APPEAL […]
In a landmark decision, issued today (18 June 2009), the Court of Appeal has confirmed that tenants of housing associations can assert their human rights
The Latest Housing Law News Homelessness in England: figures published on 11 June 2009 show that the number of homeless households accepted for statutory assistance under the main housing duty has continued to fall. Compared with the first three months of last year, figures for the first quarter of 2009 are down by 26%. The […]
