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Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 12 November 2009

Garden Court Housing Team – Top Ranked Chambers UK 2010

Chambers leads the Bar in 2010 rankings for Social Housing and Immigration

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 November 2009

Issue 161 – 9th November 2009

News The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) has launched a consultation on revising its guidance on competence for immigration advisors. Read more. Following the Home Secretary’s admission that the government has been ‘maladroit’ in its handling of immigration, various commentators have been calling for an open debate on the subject. Read more. According […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 November 2009

Issue 156 – 9th November 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Housing and anti-social behaviour: on 31 October 2009 the Prime Minister said "every single one of the most chaotic families in Britain will be subject to a family intervention project with clear rules and clear sanctions, if the rules are broken. Every time a young person breaches an anti-social behaviour […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 9 November 2009

Issue 73 – 9th November 2009

ECJ – sick leave Francisco Vicente Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA, ECJ case C-277/08The ECJ held that:"…… a worker who is on sick leave during a period of previously scheduled annual leave has the right, on his request and in order that he may actually use his annual leave, to take that leave during a […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 2 November 2009

Issue 155 – 2nd November 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Recent Developments in Housing Law: it is hoped that readers of this Bulletin also subscribe to Legal Action magazine, not least to obtain access to the monthly article Recent Developments in Housing Law written by HHJ Nic Madge and Jan Luba QC. Much of the caselaw material used in those […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 2 November 2009

Issue 160 – 2nd November 2009

Cases Blake J in the Administrative Court in Karim (R on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 2714 (Admin) considered the administrative processing of "legacy" cases at the Home Office. He found that the policy that defined "seriously mishandled" cases as falling within the exceptional class requiring expedition […]

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 29 October 2009

Garden Court ‘First Tier’ Chambers in Legal 500

Garden Court Chambers ranked as leading set in Children Law , Immigration, Crime, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Administrative and public law, and for Social Housing.

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 29 October 2009

Issue 159 – 29th October

News A controversial article about the possibility that numbers of trafficked women are exaggerated entitled "prostitution and trafficking – the anatomy of a moral panic" by Nick Davies dated 20th October 2009. Read more. On 21st October 2009 the Migration Advisory Committee recommended adding teachers in special schools and skilled meat boners and trimmers to […]

Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 28 October 2009

Chambers is delighted to announce publication of “Support for Asylum-seekers and other Migrants”

Support for Asylum-seekers and other Migrants is the only handbook focusing exclusively on the welfare and legal rights of asylum-seekers. It has now been expanded to cover the welfare needs of other migrants, in particular refused asylum-seekers at the e

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 27 October 2009

Fraud Warning – “Arfen” Chambers

and Barrister Robert White, in connection with "Spire Healthcare-Hospitals"

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 27 October 2009

Suicide at HMP Foston Hall: Jury finds death contributed to by neglect

Inquest touching on the death of Kerry Louise Devereux

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 26 October 2009

Fraud Alert!

Garden Court Chambers has information that a fraudster has been using Chambers' contact details for an internet scam. The correspondence refers to a barrister called Robert White and purports to be about a job offer from Spire Health Care Hospital UK. Any

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 26 October 2009

Fair and Flexible

Draft statutory guidance on Social Housing allocations for local authorities in England.

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 22 October 2009

Garden Court Chambers is Delighted to Announce the Publication of “Housing Law Handbook: A Practical Guide.”

Housing Law Handbook:
A Practical Guide by
Stephen Cottle, with Liz Davies, Adrian Berry, John Beckley, Desmond Rutledge, Marina Sergides and Adrian Marshall Williams.

Housing law issues can be wide-ranging and involve dealing with several areas of the

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 20 October 2009

Issue 158 – 20th October

News The UK Border Agency has announced changes to the way it registers further submissions and initial in-country asylum applications. In future where someone whose appeal rights have been exhausted asks to have their claim re-examined owing to a change in their circumstances, the application will have to be made in person rather than by […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 19 October 2009

Issue 154 – 19th October 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour: on 13 October 2009 the Home Secretary announced the latest tranche of measures to be taken to control anti-social behaviour. They include an increased emphasis on prosecuting for breach of ASBOs. For the detailed announcement, click here.This "new drive on ASB" was signaled in a letter sent […]

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 16 October 2009

Edward Grieves Wins Terrorism Case in the Charity Tribunal

Edward Grieves represented the Appellant in the very first case to be lodged in the newly formed Charity Tribunal.

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 12 October 2009

Issue 153 – 12th October 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Help for homeowners: on 8 October 2009 the Government launched another drive to encourage homeowners with mortgage arrears to get advice and representation. Some 22 hotspot areas are being targeted as having a higher risk of repossessions, due to high levels of unemployment and numbers of court orders for repossessions. […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 12 October 2009

Issue 157 – 12th October 2009

News The UKBA has published revised guidance for employers and education providers who sponsor migrants under the points-based system, and has enabled education providers to use the sponsorship management system for the first time. Read more. The Home Secretary has personally assured the Pakistan Government that the UKBA is committed to providing an efficient visa […]

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 5 October 2009

Issue 152 – 5th October 2009

The Latest Housing Law News Mortgage possession claims in the county court: in relation to all claims issued on or after 1st October 2009, mortgage lenders are obliged to inform local housing authorities when they start repossession action against a homeowner. The Housing Minister has written to all local authority Chief Executives to inform them […]