News & Views
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities, Inquests and Inquiries | Wednesday 1 November 2017
Hillsborough Review backs ‘Hillsborough Law’
Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers were involved in the Hillsborough inquests, representing 80 families of those who died.
Administrative and Public Law, Court of Protection, Housing Law | Wednesday 1 November 2017
Garden Court is delighted to announce that all four of the pupils who started in October 2016 have accepted offers of tenancy at the end of their pupillage
Stephen Clark, Tihomir Mak, Laura Profumo and Franck Magennis have joined Chambers as full members and have already started developing their practices.
Housing Law | Tuesday 31 October 2017
Court of Appeal hands down important guidance on when a homeless person is “vulnerable”
Tessa Buchanan appeared on behalf of the appellant in the case of Panayiotou.
Housing Law, Property Disputes | Friday 27 October 2017
High Court dismisses Local Authority's appeal which 'amounted to no more than a disagreement as to facts'
Sebastian Elgueta represented the Respondent in The Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark v Ibidun
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Friday 27 October 2017
Jury identified systematic failures in relation to suicide and self harm management in a G4S run prison
INQUEST has been working with Jagjeet Samra's family since July 2016. The family is represented by Catherine Oborne...
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, International Human Rights | Friday 27 October 2017
Ibrahim Halawa released from prison in Egypt after being acquitted of all charges against him, following over four years in detention
Gráinne Mellon from Garden Court Chambers instructed in case by Reprieve to advise in his case.
Criminal Defence, Criminal Appeals | Wednesday 25 October 2017
Application for leave to appeal against conviction and substantive appeal allowed for refugee who was not advised of relevant defence in 2009
Shahida Begum was instructed by GT Stewart Solicitors to represent YH in an appeal against conviction.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Garden Court International | Tuesday 24 October 2017
Immunity vs the rights of domestic workers: the impact of two recent Supreme Court judgments
Maya Sikand and Paul Clark comment on the impact of two recent Supreme Court cases on the rights of domestic workers.
