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Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 23 November 2010

Garden Court Chambers ranked Band 1 in Chambers UK 2011

Garden Court Chambers has once again been placed in Band 1 in the prestigious Chambers UK 2011 rankings.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 23 November 2010

Employment Law Bulletin – Issue 92 – 23 November 2010

Court of Appeal Employment Status Tilson v Alstom Transport [2010] EWCA Civ 1308Given the extent to which the Claimant was integrated into the organisation of the Respondent end user, absent any agency arrangements, there would have been no doubt that even if there were no express contract, one would readily be implied. However where an […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 22 November 2010

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 194 – 22 November 2010

The Latest Housing Law News Legal advice and representation in Housing cases: on 15 November 2010 the Ministry of Justice issued a consultation paper on the future of legal aid. Chapter 4 indicates which Housing cases will remain within the scope of legal aid and which, it is proposed, will not. Even if most Housing […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 22 November 2010

Immigration Bulletin – Issue 207 – 22 November 2010

News Following Parliamentary approval, on Monday 22 November new application fees for migrants applying to come to or extend their stay in the UK for work, study or other reasons, enter effect, as previously announced. To read further, click here. Cases RT (Zimbabwe) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA […]

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 16 November 2010

Immigration Bulletin – Issue 206 – 16 November 2010

News Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese opposition politician and former General Secretary of National League of Democracy should never have been imprisoned for fifteen years in the first place says Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia Director at Human Rights Watch. HRW believe that her release is a deeply cynical ploy by the military government to distract […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 15 November 2010

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 193 – 15 November 2010

The Latest Housing Law News Evicting Homeowners: on 11 November 2010 the latest mortgage repossession figures were published. For the figures published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, click here. For the official statistics on court action for repossession click here. The latter indicate that over 3000 possession orders are being made every month but […]

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 11 November 2010

Jo Wilding interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Midweek on her campaigning work in Iraq

Garden Court's Jo Wilding has been interviewed by Libby Purves on BBC Radio 4 Midweek. In the interview, Jo tells the extraordinary story of her adventures in Iraq before, during and after the 2003 invasion.

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 11 November 2010

Court of Appeal split over tenancy deposits

The Court of Appeal has decided by a majority that landlords who fail to protect their tenant’s deposits in a tenancy deposit scheme can avoid a sanction if they protect the deposit before the hearing of any claim or counterclaim brought by the tenant.

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 11 November 2010

Stephen Simblet comments in the Mail on Sunday on anonymity of police marksmen at inquests

Stephen Simblet wrote a Comment piece in the Mail on Sunday on 7 November, relating to concerns at the routine granting of anonymity to police marksmen at inquests.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 9 November 2010

Employment Law Bulletin – Issue 91 – 9 November 2010

European Court of Justice TUPE Albron Catering BV v FNB Bondgenoten Case C 242/09Where there is a group of companies, one of which performs the function of central employer and deploys its employees amongst various companies within the group, the transfer of the activities of one company in the group to a company outside the […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 8 November 2010

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 192 – 8 November 2010

The Latest Housing Law News Fraud in Social Housing: in October 2010 the Audit Commission, in its latest report on measures to protect public funds, called on social landlords to do more to address three forms of social housing fraud: unauthorised sub-letting; using false information in applying for social housing; and wrongful tenancy ‘succession’. It […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 8 November 2010

Immigration Bulletin – Issue 205 – 8 November 2010

News Interesting news emanating from Amnesty International. On 22 October the ECHR, 3rd section, informed the Dutch and Swedish governments that it considers it appropriate to apply Rule 39 (interim prohibition on removal) in respect of any Iraqi who challenges his or her return from the Netherlands or Sweden to Baghdad. On 3 November the […]

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 5 November 2010

Garden Court Chambers launches International Advice and Litigation Team

Garden Court Chambers, the largest barristers chambers in London, has formed a specialist International Advice and Litigation Team: Garden Court International

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 3 November 2010

Supreme Court gives huge boost to human rights of social housing tenants

In a landmark judgment issued this morning, the UK's highest court has decided that those council and housing association tenants who do not have full security of tenure but want to remain in their homes can only be evicted if a court is satisfied that th

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 1 November 2010

Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 191 – 1 November 2010

The Latest Housing Law News Important judgment this week: the UK Supreme Court has indicated that the judgments in Manchester City Council (Respondent) v Pinnock (Appellant) will be given on Wednesday 3 November 2010 at 09:45am in Courtroom 1. For more details, click here. New non-secure tenancies: in his letter to housing authorities, issued on […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 1 November 2010

Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 204 – 1 November 2010

News The UKBA published a study last week that suggests that a third of Tier 1 migrants are employed in ‘low skilled’ occupations. To read more, click here. The Prime Minister at the CBI conference last week promised that the cap on non-EU immigration to be introduced next year will be applied ‘flexibly’, so that […]

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 29 October 2010

Garden Court Chambers ranked Band 1 in Chambers UK 2011

Garden Court Chambers has once again been placed in Tier 1 in the prestigious Chambers UK 2011 rankings.

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 28 October 2010

Maya Sikand secures Court of Appeal acquittal for client denied fair trial

Maya Sikand has successfully appealed a conviction for a client who was denied a fair trial after the prosecution misled the original trial judge.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 25 October 2010

Garden Court Crime and Immigration Teams combine to achieve quashing of convictions for victims of human trafficking

Henry Blaxland QC and Michelle Brewer have secured Appeal Court acquittals for three women convicted of controlling prostitution who were themselves victims of human trafficking.