The Latest Housing Law News Empty Properties: on 31 May 2011 the Communities Minister, Andrew Stunell MP, published the article Empty Prospects which contains a review of current UK government initiatives to tackle empty housing in England. For a copy of the article, click here. Housing Benefit: the DWP has just issued Housing Benefit Direct […]
Employment News The latest figures from Incomes Data Services show that pay rises in the private sector are running at an average of 3% per annum, in contrast to public sector pay settlements which are averaging 0%. For further details, click here. A report published by the Resolution Foundation predicts that real wages in the […]
News The UKBA’s current asylum policy was deemed still ‘not fit for purpose’ by the home affairs select committee last week. To read further, click here. The UKBA opened a new immigration removal centre last week at Morton Hall in Lincolnshire. To read further, click here. The Council of Europe strongly criticised last week the […]
The Latest Housing Law News Possession claims and Human Rights defences: the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is handling a backlog of complaints from UK residents who were public authority tenants but who, pre-Pinnock and Powell, were unable to have a county court determination of the proportionality of their evictions. The Court has […]
News S.19 of the UK Borders Act 007 came into force on the 23rd May 2011. For further details, click here. The European Commission last week published its annual report on immigration and asylum. For further details, click here. Bail for Immigration Detainees and The Children’s Society have published a new report on detention of […]
SAL announces winners at Millenium Hotel
The Latest Housing Law News Changing housing law: on 17 and 18 May 2011 the Localism Bill completed its Report and Third Reading stages in the House of Commons. In debate, the government gave sympathetic reception to opposition amendments designed to reverse the effect of the decisions in Birmingham CC v Qasim (allocation outside the […]
News The government is consulting on changes to the EHRC, including closures of the EHRC’s helpline and the ending of the EHRC strategic grants programme. The consultation closes on 15 June 2011. For further details, click here. The government is also consulting on the introduction of flexible parental leave, on changes to the Working Time […]
News UKBA has announced the intention to commence UK Borders Act 2007, s 19 – amending 2002 Act, s 85 and inserting a new s 85A with the basic effect that in PSB appeals the Tribunal is to only consider evidence submitted with the original application – as from Monday 23 May. To read further, […]
In Ross v Stobart Ltd the Employment Appeal Tribunal has ordered a fresh hearing in a case where the Tribunal had erred in finding that a worker suffered no detriment when he was required to work in excess of 48 hours per week over a 17 week period.
News Activist wins legal aid battle in the High Court against legal aid cuts. To read more, click here. Noam Chomsky: My reaction to Osama Bin Laden’s death. 6 May 2011. To read more, click here. Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been allowed first contact with family since his arrest more than 40 days […]
Garden Court Chambers is proud to announce that barrister Marc Willers is a finalist in the Legal Aid Barrister category of the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards.
Maya Sikand has secured a successful claim in R (A) v Lewisham Youth Court concerning a young person remanded in prison custody. The case was settled partly on the Divisional Court recognising the need to conform to the UN Convention on the Rights of the
The Latest Housing Law News Mortgage Default: a swathe of statistics relating to default on mortgage repayments were released last week, relating to the first three months of 2011. The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ figures show a 10% decline in repossessions over the same period last year. For the CML data, click here. HM Court […]
The Court of Appeal has allowed a claim for judicial review and ordered a fresh inquest following the death of a man in hospital from clostridium difficile.
Ian Peddie QC has successfully appealed a conviction for rape and the prosecution's application for a third re-trial
The Latest Housing Law News Reforming Housing Law: the House of Commons will be giving the Localism Bill further consideration in the week commencing 16 May 2011 when the Report and Third Reading stages are scheduled to take place. To view the amendments that have been tabled for discussion, click here. Accessing Housing Law Cases: […]
Cases Okafor & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 499Thomas LJ in the Court of Appeal reiterated that if a person no longer has a right to reside in the UK, the fact that the Secretary of State has not cancelled the document which initially granted that right cannot […]
Supreme Court Fixed-term workers Duncombe & Ors v Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families [2011] UKSC 14The renewal of short term contracts for teachers seconded to work in European Schools was objectively justified for the purposes of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002. The teachers were employed to do […]
The Latest Housing Law News Updating Housing Information: in April 2011 the House of Commons Library produced five really useful briefing notes on Housing issues. They are:– Entitlement to social housing: persons from abroad (non-EEA). For a copy, click here. – Homelessness households in temporary accommodation (England). For a copy, click here. – Homelessness in […]
