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Housing Law | Monday 10 July 2017

Films 'Nadia' and 'Eviction' highlight legal rights on homelessness

Justine Compton of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team advised on homelessness law for the scripts. 

Inquests and Inquiries | Thursday 6 July 2017

Jury finds gross failures in care contributed to a vulnerable detained patient

Tom Stoate of Garden Court Chambers represented Sabrina Walsh's mother at the inquest.

Inquests and Inquiries | Tuesday 4 July 2017

Inquest opens into death of Sarah Reed, found dead in her cell after an acute mental health crisis

Sean Horstead of Garden Court Chambers represents the family at the inquest.

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Thursday 29 June 2017

Hillsborough disaster: criminal charges against six people

Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers represented 80 families at the Hillsborough inquest.

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Immigration Law, Immigration Detention Civil Claims | Friday 23 June 2017

European Court of Human Rights finds UK in breach of Article 5 over unlawful detention of Zimbabwean national

David Jones of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team represented the Zimbabwean national.

David Jones

Administrative and Public Law, Housing Law | Thursday 22 June 2017

Revised benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with children under two, High Court rules

Shu Shin Luh and Connor Johnston were instructed by Freshfields Bruckhause Deringer for the intervener, Shelter.

Connor Johnston

Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Monday 19 June 2017

Jury concludes failings contributed to death of secure patient Janet Müller who absconded from Mill View Hospital

Kirsten Heaven of Garden Court Chambers represented the family at the inquest.

Garden Court Chambers | Sunday 18 June 2017

Defendant acquitted in multi-handed arson case

A defendant accused of conspiring to commit two arsons, one of which endangered life, in which large numbers of vehicles were burnt out has been acquitted.

Lucie Wibberley

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