News 11 August 2010: UKBA accepts 37 Bhutanese refugees into UK as part of an agreement under the Gateway Protection ProgrammeThe Gateway Protection Programme is operated by the UK Border Agency in partnership with UNHCR. The programme is a legal route for particularly vulnerable refugees to reach safety without being driven into the hands of […]
After a dramatic week at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Courtenay Griffiths QC is due to be interviewed this evening, live on the BBC's Newsnight
A jury has returned a highly critical narrative verdict finding that a number of failings by East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) and Derbyshire Constabulary contributed to the death of a seriously unwell man in their custody.
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News It is understood that changes to the Schengen visa system announced with immediate effect on 2 August 2010 mean that for a Schengen visa to be valid it must now be endorsed in a current passport. Travel is not permitted if the Schengen visa is in an expired passport even if it is still […]
Supreme Court Part-time Workers O’Brien v Ministry of Justice [2010] UKSC 34The House of Lords has referred questions to the ECJ on whether it is for national law to determine whether judges as a whole are "workers" for the purpose of the Framework Directive or whether there is a community norm to be applied, and […]
NOTE – with the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court now all on Long Vacation, the next Housing Law Bulletin will be published in the Autumn. The Latest Housing Law News Housing and Legal Aid: the roll-out of announcements of the awards of Housing and Family and Social Welfare Law Contracts, to undertake […]
Garden Court Chambers is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring Beyond Borders through a grant of £1000 from its Special Fund.
News The government has announced its intention to abolish the "certificate of approval" scheme. A Remedial Order under the Human Rights Act 1998 has been laid in Parliament to achieve this aim. At present, any migrant who is already in the UK and is subject to immigration control must apply for a certificate of approval […]
Mr Justice Cranston so held on 26 July 2010 in the case of R (Payne & Cooper) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (CO/3793/2010 and CO/4048/2010). The Court rejected the argument advanced on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
The Latest Housing Law News Mortgage rescue: the UK Government’s review of arrangements for helping defaulting homeowners produced a series of announcements on 20 July 2010 and a flurry of related publications later in the week. The Mortgage Rescue Scheme is to be re-focussed and the amount of subsidy available to housing associations purchasing properties […]
News Justice secretary Ken Clarke submitted proposals to the Treasury last week, outlining how the Department of Justice will reduce its overall budget by 25-40%. It is thought likely that limiting the availability of legal aid for immigration appeals and judicial reviews in human rights cases is central to the department’s proposals.Click here to read […]
Employment Appeal Tribunal Effective date of termination Wedgewood v Minstergate Hull Ltd UKEAT/0137/10/DAWhere a termination date had been agreed by the parties and the Claimant was to be paid up to that date, a subsequent agreement that he did not have to come in to work from an earlier date did not change the effective […]
The Latest Housing Law News Mortgage rescue: having announced a review of arrangements for helping defaulting homeowners, the Government has ended the special Fast Track Mortgage Rescue Scheme arrangements (provided by a team in Birmingham) for England. The fast track team has not taken new applications since the end of June and will close at […]
News The conditions at Brook House, the privately run immigration deportation centre at Gatwick airport, are fundamentally unsafe, according to a damning report by the chief inspector of prisons published last week. Click here to read more. In response to the report, the UKBA stated that it broadly accepted the conclusions and were moving swiftly […]
Sarah Hemingway of Garden Court Chambers successfully acted for a man who suffered injuries when he was punched by a police officer in 2006. He received damages for assault and malicious prosecution after a jury found in his favour in Liverpool last week.
UK Supreme Court rules that a breach of Article 2 Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights can be justiciable and sound in damages where a child is denied access to education available within the domestic system, however inadequate, to meet t
Stephen Simblet represented the family of a teenager at a recent inquest after the detained patient was able to take her own life despite supposedly being under continuous observation
Stephen Knafler QC has secured supported housing on behalf of a woman with a learning disability after she moved home and became the subject of a dispute between local authorities.
The Latest Housing Law News Gypsy and Traveller site provision: on 6 July 2010 the Secretary of State for Communities announced the immediate revocation of Regional Spatial Strategies by exercise of delegated powers under section 79(6) of the Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 pending legislation to abolish them. They will no longer […]
