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Family Law | Monday 27 April 2020

Separation REALLY is the last resort

Nisha Bambhra of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team.

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Administrative and Public Law | Thursday 23 April 2020

Legal challenge against UK government’s guidance about personal protective equipment in hospitals

Marc Willers QC of Garden Court Chambers and Estelle Dehon of Cornerstone Barristers represent Dr Viz and Dr Joshi, instructed by Jamie Potter and Basmah Sahib of Bindmans LLP.

Marc Willers KC

Family Law | Wednesday 22 April 2020

A timely and important decision on remote hearings in the family courts – Re P: (A Child Remote Hearings) (2020) EWFC 32

Allison Munroe QC leading William Tautz were instructed by All Family Matters, on behalf of the 1st Respondent. The case considered the issues around the suitability of remote hearings for contested final hearings.

William TautzAllison Munroe KC

Commercial and Business Ethics, Employment and Discrimination Law | Tuesday 21 April 2020

Mukhtiar Singh of Garden Court Chambers offering free employment and commercial law advice for key workers in Gravesham or Medway

Mukhtiar Singh of Garden Court Chambers offering free employment law advice for key workers in Gravesham or Medway.

Housing Law | Thursday 16 April 2020

Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice (LexisNexis 5th ed. 2018) now available free of charge

HHJ Jan Luba QC, Liz Davies, Connor Johnston and Tessa Buchanan are pleased to announce that Housing Allocation and Homelessness: Law and Practice (LexisNexis 5th edition 2018) is now available as a pdf free of charge.

Liz Davies KCConnor Johnston

Immigration Law, Migration and Asylum Law | Thursday 16 April 2020

Albanian blood feuds: an update

This update is written by David Neale, legal researcher and former barrister at Garden Court Chambers.

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 9 April 2020

Daniel Jameson joins Garden Court Criminal Defence Team as new tenant

Daniel Jameson is a specialist criminal defence advocate and is regularly instructed as led junior counsel in cases involving fraud, murder, serious violence and drugs. Daniel is driven by the belief that his primary role as counsel is to defend those that cannot represent themselves. His focus is on defending and not prosecuting. Meticulous in his preparation, Daniel […]

Daniel Jameson

Mental Health Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Thursday 9 April 2020

Tribunal’s refusal of hearing overturned by Upper Tribunal – Detained patients entitled to hearing when detention circumstances change

Stephen Simblet QC and Roger Pezzani of the Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties Team represented the appellant.

Roger PezzaniStephen Simblet KC

Family Law | Monday 6 April 2020

Garden Court Family Team offer free assistance to key workers seeking legal protection from domestic abuse

Members of the family team are able - where capacity allows - to offer a free hour of legal advice to key workers who seek legal advice on how to secure an injunction to protect themselves from harm.

Criminal Defence | Friday 3 April 2020

Former pupils, Shina Animashaun & Danielle Manson have joined the Garden Court Crime Team as new tenants

Garden Court Chambers is delighted to welcome former pupils Shina Animashaun & Danielle Manson to the Garden Court Crime Team as new tenants.

Shina Animashaun

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 2 April 2020

Court of Appeal rules that the County Court has jurisdiction when hearing homelessness appeals to consider challenges to councils’ ‘contracting-out’ processes

Nick Bano of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team represented the Appellant in James v Hertsmere Borough Council in the Court of Appeal, judgment handed down on 2 April 2020.

Nick Bano

Community Care Law | Thursday 2 April 2020

Court of Appeal’s judgment in the case of James v Hertsmere Borough Council: What does it mean for jurisdiction of County Court?

Nick Bano of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team discusses the Court of Appeal's judgment in the case of James v Hertsmere Borough Council.

Nick Bano

Criminal Defence | Wednesday 1 April 2020

COVID-19: a protocol to assist solicitors who are working remotely and advising suspects in relation to police interviews

Please circulate to all of your professional contacts working within the criminal justice sector.

Immigration Law, Housing Law, Criminal Defence | Monday 30 March 2020

COVID-19 Bulletin – Law & Practice – 30.03.20

Updates on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on law and practice.

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Friday 27 March 2020

Coronavirus Act 2020 – Implications for detained psychiatric patients

Stephen Simblet QC of the Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties Team.

Stephen Simblet KC

Administrative and Public Law | Friday 27 March 2020

Briefing on the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020

By Louise Hooper of the Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties Team.

Louise Hooper

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 27 March 2020

COVID-19 Bulletin – Law & Practice – 27.03.20

Updates on the coronavirus pandemic & how it impacts on law and practice.

Criminal Appeals | Wednesday 25 March 2020

Government acted unlawfully in sharing information that could lead to death penalty, rules UK Supreme Court

Jacob Bindman of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team, led by Mark Summers QC of matrix chambers, instructed by Rosa Curling of Leigh Day Solicitors represented the intervener, Reprieve

Jacob Bindman

Protest Rights, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Environmental Protest | Tuesday 24 March 2020

Application to end draconian UKOG injunction banning peaceful protest at oil sites in Surrey and Sussex

Stephanie Harrison QC, Joint Head of Chambers and a member of the Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties Team is representing five protesters.

Stephanie Harrison KC

Criminal Defence | Tuesday 24 March 2020

Coronavirus – Bail and custody time limits protocol for protecting the rights and lives of prisoners and their families

Drafted by Lucie Wibberley, Victoria Meads, Patrick Roche and Keir Monteith QC of the Garden Court Chambers Crime Team
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