News & Views
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 29 October 2012
Stephanie Harrison wins Human Rights and Public Law Junior of the Year award
We are delighted to announce that Stephanie Harrison has won the Human Rights and Public Law Junior of the Year award, as awarded at the prestigious Chambers UK Bar Awards 2012.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 26 October 2012
Tom Wainwright secures acquittal in riot trial
Tom Wainwright secured a rare acquittal today in a criminal trial arising out of the "London Riots" in 2011. A jury at Wood Green Crown Court found the defendant not guilty of burglary and handling stolen goods.
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 25 October 2012
Ali Bajwa QC and Deirdre Malone secure narrative verdict and Rule 43 Report at the inquest into freezer fire deaths
Ali Bajwa QC and Deirdre Malone have today secured an important verdict at the inquest into the death of six members of the Kua family; a tragedy which has been described by the London Fire Brigade as the worst house fire they had seen in the last decade.
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 23 October 2012
Adrian Berry wins Court of Appeal case on the procedural protection afforded by Article 8 ECHR
Adrian Berry has won an important Court of Appeal case on the procedural protection afforded by Article 8 ECHR where there are parallel family proceedings and immigration proceedings.
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 23 October 2012
Stephen Knafler QC wins deportation test case.
The Court of Appeal held today (in a majority 2:1 judgment), in Fitzroy George v Secretary of State for the Home Department that whilst the making of a deportation order invalidates a person's leave to remain, any subsequent revocation of the deportation
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 22 October 2012
Immigration Law Bulletin - Issue 297- 22 October 2012
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 22 October 2012
Housing Law Bulletin - Issue 285 – 22 October 2012
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 18 October 2012
High Court upholds tenant’s human rights
The High Court today, in an unprecedented development, upheld the dismissal of a claim for possession against an Introductory Tenant on the basis that eviction would infringe his human rights.
