News & Views
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.
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
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
Environmental Protest, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Protest Rights | 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.
Immigration Law, Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation | Friday 20 March 2020
Members of the Immigration Bar call for urgent guidance from Presidents of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber in wake of Covid-19
Letter to Bar Council signed by Garden Court Chambers
Administrative and Public Law, Immigration Law | Wednesday 18 March 2020
Landmark Supreme Court judgment on state obligations under Article 4 ECHR to identify & protect victims of trafficking
Shu Shin Luh of Garden Court Chambers acted for the Intervener, the Aire Centre. Ronan Toal, Kathryn Cronin and Bryony Poynor of Garden Court Chambers acted for the appellant instructed by ATLEU in the Court of Appeal and Immigration Tribunals.
Inquests and Inquiries | Tuesday 17 March 2020
Multiple failures contributed to death of Dean George at HMP Swansea
The family was represented by Kirsten Heaven of Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties Team instructed by INQUEST Lawyers Group members Clare Richardson and Rosa Potter of Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors.
Criminal Defence | Monday 16 March 2020
Defendant twice cleared of murder in ‘Chelmsford Chainsaw’ case
Lucie Wibberley and Keir Monteith QC of Garden Court Chambers were instructed by Sinead Zaman of Powell Spencer Solicitors
