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Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 10 December 2013
Immigration Bulletin - Issue 352 - 10 December 2013
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 10 December 2013
Housing Law Bulletin - Issue 336 - 10 December 2013
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 10 December 2013
Boat race protester saved from deportation
An Australian man living in the UK who had been facing deportation following his disruption of the 2012 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race has been told he may stay in the UK. He was represented at yesterday's tribunal hearing by Stephanie Harrison QC and Edward
![Stephanie Harrison KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1839.jpg)
![Edward Grieves KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/3564.jpg)
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 December 2013
Home Office settles case for unlawfully detaining mentally ill migrant
The Home Office has settled a case at a substantial sum for unlawfully detaining a mentally ill migrant for nearly three years. The man was represented by Amanda Weston.
![Amanda Weston KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2470.jpg)
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 December 2013
IPCC re-opens investigation into death of Sean Rigg
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has today announced that it has re-opened the investigation into the death of Sean Rigg, who died in police custody in 2008. Following his inquest in 2012, in which his family were represented by Leslie Thomas
![Leslie Thomas KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/2078.jpg)
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 4 December 2013
Stephanie Harrison QC wins Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to learn that Stephanie Harrison QC has won Liberty's prestigious Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award. The award was made last week at a ceremony to honour human rights heroes.
![Stephanie Harrison KC](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1839.jpg)
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 3 December 2013
Victim of trafficking acquitted in Court of Appeal
A female victim of trafficking has had her conviction for possession of a false passport overturned in the Court of Appeal. The woman was represented by Shahida Begum.
![Shahida Begum](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1430.jpg)