Garden Court Chambers’ Housing Team has responded to the Ministry of Justice Consultation Legal Aid Reform: Application of the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme. As a team, they wish to take this final opportunity to urge the Ministry of Justice not to proce
The Latest Housing Law News Allocating social housing: on 29 June 2012 the UK Government issued new statutory guidance to local authorities in England about social housing allocation. For a copy of the guidance, which replaces all previous such statutory guidance, click here. The new guidance follows a consultation exercise on a draft. For a […]
News The Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Korea concerning the Readmission of Persons (London, 20 December 2011) (Treaty Series No. 30 (2012)) entered into force on 1 June 2012. See also Immigration Law Bulletin issue 266. To see the […]
The inquest into the death of Sean Rigg, who died in police custody in 2008, is currently being heard at Southwark Coroners Court, with Leslie Thomas representing the Rigg family.
An inquest jury has returned a highly critical narrative verdict following the death in prison custody of Kassa Osebu in 2007. The verdict highlighted how prison staff turned a blind eye to bullying and harassment at Leeds Armley Prison, and also how appr
Employment Law news Taxing times?Unite warn of more strikes as more than 50,000 HMRC workers down tools in protest at Government plans to freeze salaries and reduce staff numbers. Click here to read more. Time running out The 90-day consultation phase over the future of Remploy comes to an end today. However, Unite is hoping […]
Events took a dramatic turn last week for Julian Assange, who is wanted for questioning over criminal charges in Sweden. In a surprise development Mr Assange sought asylum at Ecuador's London embassy. This raises a number of complex questions over diploma
****DEADLINE EXTENDED: the closing date for applications from barristers wishing to join the Housing Team at Garden Court Chambers has been extended to this Friday 29 June 2012. For further details of this unique opportunity for specialist housing barristers to join Garden Court, click here.****** The Latest Housing Law News New offence for sub-letting of […]
News The separated children in Europe programme have published a position paper on the age assessment of unaccompanied minors. Click here for the paper. Immigration Law Cases SK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 80719th June 2012The Court of Appeal upheld a decision of the Upper Tribunal that the […]
A young woman who faced eviction from her home will now stay-on as a secure tenant following a landmark judgment from the appeal court.
Stephen Knafler QC has been retained to represent the applicants in a Supreme Court of Gibraltar test case on the independence of the judiciary, and the legality of constitutional monitoring arrangements of such independence.
Garden Court Mediation is pleased to announce that Making mediation work for you: a practical handbook, written by Kate Aubrey-Johnson with Helen Curtis has been published.
The Latest Housing Law News Social housing allocation: the new housing allocation provisions of the Localism Act 2011 come into force today (Monday 18 June 2012). They are set out in sections 145-147 of the Localism Act, amending the Housing Act 1996 Part 6. The changes are explained in the article The Localism Act 2011: […]
News The government announced its Statement of Intent regarding the future operation of family migration into the United Kingdom, foreshadowing the changes which new immigration rules will make on 9 July 2012. Highlights are: A minimum income threshold of £18,600 to sponsor the settlement in the UK of a non-EEA partner. The minimum probationary period […]
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that two members of Chambers won Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards at last night’s awards ceremony. Leslie Thomas won the Legal Aid Barrister of the Year award, and Shu Shin Luh was confirmed as Young Legal
Garden Court Chambers is pleased to announce that the Spring 2012 issue of TAT News has been published. The publication has been partly funded by the Garden Court Special Fund.
Employment News Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill has second readingThe government’s Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill has now had its second reading in Parliament. The House of Commons Library has published a detailed guide to its contents here. Equality law: consultations still underwayHome Office consultations on the likely abolition of the rules on third-party harassment, […]
The Latest Housing Law News Social housing fraud: on 25 May 2012 the Welsh Government launched a consultation exercise on whether the law in Wales should be strengthened with greater powers and remedies to tackle social housing fraud. Responses must be submitted by 17 August 2012. For a copy of the consultation paper, click here. […]
***STOP PRESS. The closing date for applications from barristers wishing to join the Housing Team at Garden Court is Thursday 7 June 2012 at 4.00pm. The Team seeks to recruit barristers with significant experience in housing law to meet the existing demands of our work and contribute to the expansion of our team. Applications are […]
News UKBA announce that students who worked as interns in the UK in summer 2011 and want to return to a graduate job with the same company are now temporarily exempt from ‘cooling off rules’ as introduced to Tier 2 (General) in February 2012. To read further and for exemption criteria click here. The argument […]
