News & Views
Immigration Law | Friday 22 February 2019
Court of Appeal case gives guidance as to how Tribunal judges should approach the assessment of credibility in asylum cases
Patrick Lewis instructed by York Solicitors on behalf of the Applicant and Hafsah Masood instructed by GLD on behalf of the Respondent.
Criminal Defence | Tuesday 19 February 2019
New Tredegar man acquitted of murdering convicted child killer, David Gaut
Ali Naseem Bajwa QC of Garden Court Chambers represented the defendant, Darran Evesham, who was acquitted of murdering the convicted child killer, David Gaut.
Prisoners’ Rights, Inquests and Inquiries, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Thursday 14 February 2019
Inquest jury find that neglect contributed to death of a prisoner in privately run HMP Peterborough
Sean McCann’s family were represented by Stephen Simblet of Garden Court Chambers, instructed by Cormac McDonough of Hodge Jones and Allen solicitors.
Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Immigration Detention Civil Claims | Wednesday 13 February 2019
Home Office concedes that they unlawfully detained a potential victim of trafficking for almost six months in immigration detention day before trial in High Court
The Claimant was represented by Stephanie Harrison QC, Louise Hooper and Emma Fitzsimons of Garden Court Chambers, instructed by Shalini Patel at Duncan Lewis Solicitors.
Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation, Immigration Law, Migration and Asylum Law | Thursday 7 February 2019
Major reforms to immigration detention decision-making proposed in report of the Joint Human Rights Committee
Following a wide-ranging inquiry into the use of immigration detention by the Home Office, the report of the Joint Human Rights Committee of both Houses of Parliament is now available.
Protest Rights, Protest Rights, Protest Rights | Wednesday 6 February 2019
The 'Stansted 15' have today been kept out of prison following their conviction last year for Endangering Safety at an Aerodrome
Nine of the Defendants were represented by members of the Garden Court Crime Team – Dexter Dias QC, Tom Wainwright, Owen Greenhall, Terry Munyard, Susan Wright, Abigail Bache and Jacob Bindman, all instructed by Raj Chada of Hodge, Jones and Allen.
Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation, Immigration Law | Wednesday 6 February 2019
Further Guidance from the Courts on Article 8 post Rhuppiah
David Jones of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team has been instructed by Sutovic and Hartigan Solicitors to prepare the grounds of appeal to the Supreme Court.
Criminal Defence | Friday 1 February 2019
Suspended sentence for client who admitted breaching the Worldwide injunction that protects killer Jon Venables
Venables and Thompson were 10 when they tortured and killed James Bulger after abducting the two-year-old from a shopping centre in Merseyside in 1993. In November that year, they became the youngest children ever to be convicted of murder in England.
