In a landmark decision, after a remittal by the Court of Appeal, in In the matter of an application by JR 47 for judicial review, Mr Justice McCloskey granted declarations establishing that, for the first time in Northern Ireland, there was a statutory du
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Stephen Knafler QC has been elected as a new Joint Heads of Chambers. In accordance with Garden Court's democratic constitution, he was elected by fellow members of Chambers at this week's AGM. He joins
Thousands of asylum-seeking children and their families are being forced into severe poverty a woefully inadequate asylum support system, a parliamentary inquiry revealed today. The Inquiry into Asylum Support for Children and Young People, whose panel in
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to host an exhibition of works by Donald Grayson curated by Matthew Meadows.
The Bar Standards Board (BSB), the regulatory body for barristers in England and Wales, has agreed that the new Standard Contractual Terms will take effect on 31 January 2013.
**********This week: on Friday you could be listening to Garden Court’s Bethan Harris and Jan Luba QC – with Andy Gale, Stephen Battersby and Dave Worth – discussing the detail of the new arrangements for accommodating the homeless in the private rented sector. For details, click here.********** Housing Law News Under-occupation in social housing: last […]
News The Garden Court Immigration Team blog on the impact of the new Immigration Rule 276ADE. The Upper Tribunal (IAC) have a published a list of forthcoming country guidance cases. Click here for more information. On Thursday last week the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration published reports into applications to enter, remain and settle […]
Garden Court Chambers has today submitted three responses to the Ministry of Justice in response to its consultation on proposed reforms to Judicial Review. Submissions were made by Garden Court's Civil, Housing and Immigration Teams.
A team of barristers led by Smita Shah submitted an amicus brief to the Criminal Chambers of the Supreme Court today in the case of the infamous 2005 massacre of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community in Colombia.
Employment news Settlement: response to Consultation now published The Government has now published its response to its consultation on settlement and compensatory awards for unfair dismissal. The Government proposes to proceed with the majority of its original proposals although its original suggestion that it should publish guideline settlement tariffs which could be used to evaluate […]
Alex Offer was successful in one of three linked appeals last month on behalf of Travellers and former Dale Farm residents who had rejected offers of bricks and mortar accommodation as unsuitable.
Housing Law News Homelessness in England: on 18 January 2013 the organisation Homeless Link distributed £3.6m in funding to 23 organisations to help them prevent rough sleeping and to assist rough sleepers across England. The money is part of the £20m grant that the UK Government is providing to Homeless Link to administer the Homelessness […]
News For UKBA’s ‘line’ on Capita Business Services contacting "overstayers" in the UK, click here. UNHCR are warning of a refugee crisis in Mali. To read further click here. To read article calling for regulation of gangmasters exploiting Bulgarian and Romanian workers, click here. Cases West London Vocational Training College Limited, R (on the application […]
Marc Willers and Desmond Rutledge appeared for the Claimants in R (Knowles & Anor) v Secretary Of State for Work and Pensions [2013] EWHC 19 (Admin).
Garden Court Chambers was delighted to learn that a record number of members of Chambers have been identified in the latest edition of Black Letter Law Directory. In total, 12 barristers have been highlighted for being in the news or as notable practition
Bethan Harris appeared in a serious medical treatment case in the Court of Protection on 10 January 2013, representing the family of a young woman with learning difficulties.
Housing Law News Homelessness and Housing Allocation: today (14 January 2013) new eligibility rules for certain EU nationals come into effect in Northern Ireland. They only apply to new applications for housing or homelessness assistance. For the amending regulations, click here. Possession Cases: on 7 January 2013 the UK Government issued updated and detailed statistical […]
News UNHCR noted that there had been improvements in the situation for asylum seekers in Hungary, which no longer returned asylum seekers to Serbia automatically, and regarding their detention, at least for those who claimed asylum on arrival. Click here for more information. Cases R (Bushara) v Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentThe Court […]
Leslie Thomas has been recognised by the campaigning group Black Mental Health UK as one of the leading lights for 2012. In their inter-disciplinary Top 30 list, he is ranked at number 4.
Employment news Response to Consultation now published The Government has now published its response to its consultation on employee owner contracts. Less than 2% of respondents to the consultation indicated an intention to use the scheme, with the remainder expressing greater or lesser degrees of concern. The Government responds by proposing to change the name […]
