News & Views
Criminal Defence | Tuesday 19 January 2021
Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team call for urgent action to limit spread of Covid in the courts
Administrative and Public Law, Youth Justice & Child Rights, Criminal Defence | Friday 15 January 2021
Government announces children will be exempt from the recent extension to custody time limits
Joanne Cecil of the Garden Court Chambers Youth Justice & Child Rights Team has worked tirelessly to achieve this fantastic result.
Administrative and Public Law | Friday 15 January 2021
Court of Appeal hold that Home Secretary is not required to put a different deemed date of birth on identity document provided to a refugee despite risk to life
Stephen Simblet QC has been acting for Mind, the Mental Health Charity, as Intervenor in R (WA (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021]. Stephen was instructed by Rheian Davies, Head of Legal for Mind.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Friday 15 January 2021
‘Running on empty’ – Garden Court Chambers contributes to Bar Council Report on Civil Legal Aid
The Bar Council has today released their Civil Legal Aid Research Report which reveals the severity of problems in the civil legal aid system and its implications for access to justice.
Administrative and Public Law | Thursday 14 January 2021
Home Office work policy declared unlawful
Stephanie Harrison QC and Ali Bandegani of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law Team represented C6, instructed by Daniel Furner of Birnberg Peirce.
Administrative and Public Law, Immigration Law, Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation | Tuesday 12 January 2021
Court of Appeal rejects attempt by Secretary of State to broaden refugee exclusion categories
Amanda Weston QC of Garden Court Chambers and Anthony Vaughan of Doughty Street Chambers represented NF, instructed by Jawaid Luqmani of Luqmani Thompson Solicitors.
Criminal Defence | Wednesday 6 January 2021
Jury acquits defendant of manslaughter with verdict delivered in just over two hours
James Scobie QC of the Garden Court Chambers Criminal Defence Team represented the defendant.
Family Law | Monday 4 January 2021
Local Authority failed to sufficiently consider the impact of Covid-19 on parents of a severely disabled child
Our Rebekah Wilson, of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team, acted for a mother in care proceedings
