News & Views
Inquests and Inquiries | Tuesday 29 January 2019
Lisa Skidmore Inquest and the role of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements in protecting the public
Sarah Hemingway is representing the family, instructed by Sarah Kellas and Harriet Wistrich of Birnberg Peirce Solicitors.
Criminal Defence, Criminal Appeals | Monday 28 January 2019
20 year extended sentence quashed on appeal, two years out of time
Michael Goold represented the Appellant, instructed by Verity Fowler of GT Stewart.
Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation, Immigration Law | Monday 28 January 2019
Northern Ireland appeal case on 'Chen parents' in Court of Justice of the European Union
Garden Court’s Gráinne Mellon and Ronan Toal appeared in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) last week on behalf of the AIRE Centre who were intervenors in the case of Bajarati v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] ECR 1.
Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation, Inquests and Inquiries | Monday 28 January 2019
High Court orders new inquest into Home Office role in Windrush citizen Dexter Bristol's death
Una Morris represented Sentina D’Artanyan-Bristol, instructed by Irène Nembhard of Birnberg Peirce.
Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities, Inquests and Inquiries | Monday 28 January 2019
Jury finds that excessive restraint resulted in the death of Meirion James in Dyfed-Powys Police custody
Garden Court’s Rajiv Menon QC is representing the family instructed by Clare Richardson of Deighton Pierce Glynn, who are both INQUEST Lawyers Group members.
Housing Law | Wednesday 23 January 2019
Garden Court Housing Team's response to Call for Evidence on the Case for a Housing Court
The Garden Court Chambers Housing Team has responded to the Call for Evidence on the Case for a Housing Court, which closed on 22 January 2019.
Immigration Law, Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation | Tuesday 22 January 2019
Dubs Amendment: High Court finds Home Office unlawfully failed to publish policy and breached its duty of candour
The claimant was represented by Sonali Naik QC, Bryony Poynor and Miranda Butler of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team.
Environmental Protest, Environmental Law and Climate Justice, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Thursday 17 January 2019
Oil and gas companies' use of injunctions "a threat to our civil liberties"
Parliamentarians, lawyers and campaigners joined forces on 16 January to warn about the growing threat to civil liberties from injunctions against campaigners who protest against fracking, oil and gas companies.
