The final report from the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry has been published.
It concludes that the death of Asian prisoner Zahid Mubarek at Feltham Youth Jail in March 2000, should and could have been prevented.
Zahid Mubarek was killed by his cellmate Robert
Specialist Advice & Support with Housing Law Cases Free specialist help and support with housing cases and housing law queries is still available from Garden Court Chambers Housing Line Tues to Thurs 2 – 5pm 020 7993 7666 Calls are taken direct by barristers specialising in Housing Law and the free service is available to […]
West Yorkshire Police have paid the widow of Eric Smith, 53 and father of seven, ï¿‚ïx£18,000 compensation.
Eric Smith died on 2 November 1998, three days after being sprayed in the face with CS spray his own home. Police officers had attended to arrest
The Court of Appeal held this week that a person who survived to a joint tenancy in 1969 was not transformed into a successor by section 88(1)(b) of the Housing Act 1985 (Walker v Birmingham City Council[2006] EWCA Civ 815). Mrs Walker became a joint tena
LAG, publisher of Community Care Law Reports (CCLR), in association with Garden Court Chambers and Doughty Street Chambers are pleased to present their quarterly seminar entitled: Life after Grogan: future developments in continuing care.
Key speakers:
CASES Breach of Contract Fraser v HMLAD Ltd [EWCA] Civ 738 The employee brought a claim for unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal. He reserved his right to bring a claim in the High Court in so far as his claim for breach of contract exceeded the limit of £25,000 that the Employment Tribunal could award. […]
Government & Legislation On 13 June 2006 the Housing Corporation announced a ‘crackdown’ on housing associations that do too little to involve residents in the running of the association. This follows the report of the Review of Regulatory and Compliance Requirements by Sir Les Elton. For the Corporation’s press notice Click Here On 14 June […]
Legislation Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, s. 9 was brought into force on 5.6.6 (for the purpose of making subordinate legislation) and in every other respect, will come into force on 1.7.6 by the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2006 SI 2006/1498. Section 9 introduces a new definition of […]
Conville v Richmond upon Thames LBC [2006] EWCA Civ 718
Court of Appeal, Thursday 8 June 2006
Intentionally homeless families are entitled to temporary accommodation from a council for a period that will give them a "reasonable opportunity" to f
News Garden Court Chambers held an open meeting about the Deportation of Foreign Nationals on 7th June 2006. A fact sheet explaining the relevant criminal and immigration law is also available. Click Here to download the factsheet The Joint Committee on Human Rights heard oral evidence from the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, the Solicitors’ International […]
Jo Delahunty QC and Alison Grief, of Garden Court's Family Team,
successfully opposed an appeal in the House of Lords that would have
seen the standard of proof in Care proceedings reduced to a 'real possibility'
test.
Government & Legislation On 5 June 2006 the Cabinet Committee on Anti-Social Behaviour & Respect received a presentation from "five experts" on anti-social behaviour. Click Here to view the transcript Following the meeting the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions announced the Government’s plans to cut housing benefit for households evicted for anti-social behaviour […]
Cases Costs Sutton v The Ranch Ltd UKEAT/0072/06 The employers did not file a Response and so under Rule 9 of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004they were not entitled to take any part in the proceedings except as set out in that rule. As a result under to Rules 8(1) […]
Government & Legislation Several Bills relating to Housing issues are presently before Parliament… Today (5 June 2006) the Police and Justice Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords. It is published as HL Bill 104 for 2005-06 Click Here to read more. It contains the Housing elements of the Government’s "Respect Agenda" […]
News The Home Office has published its quarterly report of asylum statistics. There were 6,455 applications for asylum in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 5% on the last quarter of 2005 (6,165), but 8% lower than the same time last year (7,015). The top applicant nationalities were Zimbabwe (755), Eritrea (745) and […]
You can download a factsheet here:
Factsheet - DFN
Deportation of Foreign Nationals Factsheet.pdf 795.83 kB
A meeting is being held on the evening of Wednesday 7th June to discuss this issue - 6.30 p.m.
Government and Parliament John Reid has made two immediate changes to current guidance relating to the deportation and removal of foreign nationals who have received custodial sentences, Written Ministerial Statements 23rd May 2006: "To enable them to deal effectively with the current flow of cases, I have agreed two immediate changes to the system. The […]
News The eligibility rules for both homelessness and council housing allocation change this coming Thursday (1st June). The new regulations (and a useful separate explanatory memorandum) are available to download. Click Here to proceed. The official court statistics for last year have just been published. They show a substantial increase in the number of possession […]
CASES Discrimination compensation Miles v Gilbank [2006] EWCA Civ 543 Under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 an employer is vicariously responsible for acts done by an employee in the course of his employment (s41(1)), an employee is liable for acts for which the employer is made vicariously liable (s42(2)). The employee is also liable for […]
M was an asylum-seeker who was HIV+. He was fully able to care for himself and function normally, but if he became homeless he was at increased risk of injury. The Court held that M was entitled to residential accommodation from the local authority and di
