The Manchester 10 Appeals against convictions and sentence was heard over two days with Garden Court's Keir Monteith KC and Audrey Cherryl Mogan leading the submissions. They were instructed by Zachary Whyte and Ruby Breward of Sperrin Law.
Ollie Persey, of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law and Education Law Teams acted for the successful Claimant, instructed by Helen Barker of Irwin Mitchell LLP.
Child migration and child movement cases are now more frequent and increasingly complex. In these cases, international and national cross border rules and regulations, and family and immigration laws and proceedings often intersect. This book explains these and associated international family treaties, regulations, rules, cases, guidance and policies.
Michael Engelhardt-Sprack is a member of the Garden Court Chambers Employment Team.
This book, A Practical Guide to County Lines, Human Trafficking and Exploitation, published by Law Brief Publishing, provides a practical guide to legal professionals on the topic of county lines, with a particular focus on the criminal law implications for individuals involved in cases of human trafficking and exploitation.
The successful Claimants were represented by Ollie Persey, of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law and Community Care Teams, instructed by Chessie Aeron-Thomas of Coram Children’s Legal Centre.
This Immigration Law blog is written by Georgie Rea of Garden Court Chambers.
The intention of the amended rule is to better reflect the Court of Appeal's ruling in Commissioners for HMRC v Arrbab [2024] EWCA Civ 16, [2024] 3 WLR 295. Desmond Rutledge and Ollie Persey of Garden Court represented the Respondent, Mr Arrbab.
Mark Robinson of the Garden Court Crime Team acted for the defendant, instructed by Michael Situ of Lincoln’s solicitors.
The article is co-authored by Kate Aubrey-Johnson of Garden Court Chambers and Lucy Barnes of Lawyers Who Care CIC, for the December issue of Counsel Magazine.
In October 2024, the Department for Education published statutory guidance for local authorities on kinship care. In this article, Laura Williams has highlighted the parts of the guidance which are likely to come in handy when advising and representing kinship carers.
On 7 November 2024, the Public Law Working Group published its report, ‘Recommendations for Best Practice in Respect of Adoption’. In this article, Rachel Schon focuses on two out of the five areas the report covers, contact and consensual adoption.
Michael Ivers KC, of the Garden Court Criminal Defence team, led Dan Taylor of Red Lion Chambers. They were instructed by Gias Uddin and Aashar Malik of Woolfe and Co. Solicitors.
Keir Monteith KC and Audrey Cherryl Mogan of Garden Court Chambers represent Ademola Adedeji in the Court of Appeal, instructed by Zachary Whyte of Sperrin Law.
Our Sam Robinson KC led Shahida Begum of the Garden Court Crime Team, instructed by CS solicitors.
Henry Blaxland KC, Emma Fenn and Will Hanson, of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team, were instructed in a special court, convened by the Court of Appeal, to resolve a matter of statutory construction and an apparent conflict in case law.
Ife Thompson, third-six pupil at Garden Court Chambers, was instructed by Casey Jenkins and Emily McNally of Hodge Jones and Allen.
The Law Commission has agreed to take on a project reviewing the law on homicide and the sentencing framework for murder.
The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) held its Winter Conference on Saturday 30 November 2024. Tom Wainwright and Elena Papamichael from Garden Court’s specialist crime and protest team were invited as guest speakers to address the audience of over 150 criminal barristers.
This blog is by Faith Osifo, an incoming pupil at Garden Court Chambers, who attended our ‘Black Silk’ Event.
