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Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 June 2008
Issue 50 - 10th June 2008
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 June 2008
Issue 98 - 9th June 2008
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 2 June 2008
Issue 91 - 2 June 2008
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 2 June 2008
Issue 97 - 2nd June 2008
Garden Court Chambers | Sunday 1 June 2008
Garden Court Chambers response to the Bar Standards Board Consultation on the Legal Services Act 2007. Implications for the regulation of the Bar in England and Wales.
The Legal Services Act sets out a framework for reform and paves the way for radical changes to the way legal services will be offered in future, threatening the independence of both solicitors and the Bar and their service to the public. Garden Court in
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 30 May 2008
BE (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 540
The appellant was an Iranian who deserted from the army when he was ordered to plant landmines in a road which he knew was used by civilians. The Court of Appeal accepted that he was entitled to refugee status, since the planting of landmines in these cir
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 27 May 2008
Inquest into restraint-related death of psychiatric patient
The inquest into the death of Kurt Howard opens on 27 May 2008 and is expected to last for three weeks. He died following a prolonged period of restraint in the prone position. Kurt's family has waited nearly six years for the inquest into his death. The