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Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 18 March 2009

Children’s Rights Day

In anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Garden Court Chambers is hosting an all-day conference

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 16 March 2009

Issue 130 – 16th March 2009

News The UK Border Agency has announced two further changes to the points based section of the Immigration Rules, to come into effect on the 31st March. The changes will introduce a new Tier 4 route for students as well as changing the academic and financial requirements of the Tier 1 (General) category for highly […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 16 March 2009

Successful judicial review of conviction of mentally vulnerable man

A mentally vulnerable man who had been convicted and sent to prison by magistrates despite the magistrates' court having been made aware of the fact that he was unfit to plead had his conviction quashed by the Divisional Court in an application for judici

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 16 March 2009

Issue 127 – 16th March 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Rent increases in social housing: tenants of social housing may be forgiven for being confused about the increased rents payable under their tenancies from April this year. Both the Government and the Tenant Services Authority have recently reminded councils and housing associations respectively that there is no expectation that they […]

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 10 March 2009

The Freedom Film Fest Retrospective

will be held on the 28th of March 2009, at Garden Court Chambers

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 March 2009

Issue 126 – 9th March 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Changing the "eligibility" rules: as indicated in last week’s Bulletin, section 314 of the Housing & Regeneration Act 2008 was brought into force on 2 March 2009. That section introduced changes to homelessness and housing allocation law – for applications made on or after 2 March 2009 – bringing a […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 March 2009

Issue 129 – 9th march 2009

NEWS Refugee and Migrant Justice (formerly refugee legal centre) published a report "Does every child matter" finds that asylum seeking children are regularly locked up and left without adult support. The report identifies that asylum seeking children face a hostile legal process and that the government breaches its own code of conduct with respect to […]

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 4 March 2009

The Law on Waiting Lists

This morning the House of Lords handed-down a landmark judgment on the way social housing is distributed

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 3 March 2009

Issue 59 – 3rd March 2009

COURT OF APPEAL Constructive dismissal Woodhouse School v Webster [2009] EWCA Civ 91If the Tribunal interprets evidence differently from that contended for by either side, it is normally good practice for the Tribunal to raise that with the parties in case they wish to consider calling further evidence or making further submissions. In the present […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 2 March 2009

Issue 125 – 2nd March 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Mending Housing Law: today (2 March 2009) is expected to be the commencement date in England for section 314 of the Housing & Regeneration Act 2008. That section introduces changes to homelessness and housing allocation law designed to replace the provisions of Housing Act 1996 section 185(4) which were declared […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 2 March 2009

Issue 128 – 2nd March 2009

News New fees for immigration and nationality applications were announced from 6 April 2009: eg £720 for naturalisation. Cases In GS (Existence of internal armed conflict) Afghanistan CG [2009] UKAIT 00010 (24 February 2009) the Secretary of State conceded that Afghanistan is in a state of internal armed conflict. In Elgafaji v Staatssecretaris van Justice […]

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 26 February 2009

Issue 127 – 26th February 2009

News The UK Border Agency has announced 10 wide-ranging pledges for 2009. (1) In March 2009 it plans to open a new immigration removal centre to help remove immigration offenders, Brook House, located near Gatwick in south-east England. (2) In April 2009 the target is to maximise use or the points-based system "to ensure that […]

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 February 2009

Issue 124 – 23 February 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Possession claims: the latest figures for the number of possession claims brought in county courts in England & Wales were released on 20 February 2009 covering the last quarter of 2008. An introductory note to the statistical report suggests that the launch of the mortgage possession pre-action protocol was the […]

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 19 February 2009

Dexter Dias to be appointed as Queen’s Counsel

Garden Court is delighted to announce the appointment of Dexter Dias

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 17 February 2009

New tenants join Garden Court

Chambers is delighted to welcome Sorrel Dixon and Kelly Webb to the family team.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 16 February 2009

Issue 126 – 16th February 2009

News The UKBA have paid out a record amount in damages for unlawfully detaining asylum seeking children. Read more The SSHD has used powers in the EEA Regs. 2006 (SI 2006 / 1003), reg. 19(1) to exclude a far right Dutch MP from entering the UK on public policy, public security grounds. Read More UKBA […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 February 2009

Verdict in the Michael Bailey Inquest

Michael Bailey was found hanging in the segregation unit at HMP Rye Hill on 24 March 2005. His death was one of three controversial deaths at the privately-run prison in a fifteen month time period. Today the jury gave a damning verdict

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 February 2009

Issue 123 – 9th February 2009

A Garden Court Chambers Seminar – Possession proceedings and convention rights – more twists and turns – is being given by Jan Luba QC and Stephen Cottle on Wednesday 11 February 2009 from 18:30 to 20:00. For more details, click here. The Latest Housing Law News Preventing eviction of mortgage borrowers: on 3 February 2009 […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 February 2009

Issue 125 – 9th February 2009

News At a conference in London on Thursday the 5th February, the Refugee Council published the interim findings of its project working with vulnerable women who have claimed asylum in the UK. The report highlighted that sexual violence lay behind a very significant number of asylum claims made by women. However, equally disturbing are the […]

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 6 February 2009

Latest Homelessness case from the House of Lords

This week the House of Lords gave judgment in an important case about the provision of homelessness assistance to fathers separated from their children.