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Garden Court Chambers | Monday 1 October 2012
Immigration Law Bulletin - Issue 294 - 1 October 2012
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 1 October 2012
Housing Law Bulletin - Issue 282 – 1 October 2012
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 28 September 2012
Saving the Human Rights Act: Our Response to the Commission on a Bill of Rights
Garden Court Chambers has today submitted a formal response to the Second Consultation by the Commission on a Bill of Rights. In it we stress the importance of retaining the existing rights and provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998, and question the mer
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 25 September 2012
Rebecca Hill acts in Olympic "ticket touting" test case
Rebecca Hill has successfully secured the dismissal of "ticket touting" charges against a Serbian man on the grounds that the English court did not have jurisdiction to try him.
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 24 September 2012
Housing Law Bulletin - Issue 281 – 24 September 2012
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 24 September 2012
Mark Symes acts in Court of Appeal test case on returning asylum seekers to Italy
Mark Symes was part of the legal team in a set of test cases involving the lawfulness of returning asylum seekers to have their cases considered in Italy. The cases arose because of the lack of accommodation there.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 21 September 2012
Sarah Hemingway negotiated substantial damages and extensive apology from Kent Police in race discrimination case
The Chief Constable of Kent Police settled a race discrimination claim that alleged they had failed to take adequate steps to protect a young family from racial harassment from their neighbours. The Claimants, represented by Sarah Hemingway and Darren Whi
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 20 September 2012
Alexander Litvinenko inquest will consider the role of the Russian State
A High Court Judge has now been appointed to hear the inquest into the death of former KGB agent and Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko. At a pre-inquest review today, the judge agreed to consider the role of the Russian State in causing his death, an
