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Our social welfare pages provide bite-sized updates on recent case-law and policy, written by Garden Court barristers specialising in adult social care, children’s services, Court of Protection (health and welfare), housing and homelessness, and welfare benefits.

Tessa Buchanan wins Legal Aid Barrister of the Year and Audrey Cherryl Mogan wins Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year at 2021 LALY Awards

Thursday 8 Jul 2021

The LALYs continue to play a vital role in recognising and celebrating the lawyers who go the extra mile to achieve life-changing results for their clients. This is an outstanding…

Joanne Cecil wins Legal Aid Barrister of the Year and Una Morris wins Legal Aid Newcomer of the Year at 2019 LALY Awards

Thursday 11 Jul 2019

The LALYs continue to play a vital role in recognising and celebrating the lawyers who go the extra mile to achieve life-changing results for their clients. This is an outstanding…

Net Zero and downstream emissions in court this week

Monday 16 Nov 2020

On 17-18 November 2020, the High Court will hear judicial review claim CO/4441/2019 challenging the grant of planning permission by Surrey County Council to Horse Hill Developments Ltd for production…

Garden Court counsel make closing submissions at UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 3

Friday 29 Nov 2024

Module 3 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry came to an end this week, with Chair Rt Hon Baroness Hallett DBE hearing closing submissions from core participants. A number of these…

Ian Peddie QC secures return of allegedly “shaken” baby to parents

Thursday 5 Sep 2013

Concerns about the child’s welfare had first been raised when she was admitted to hospital after repeated vomiting and failing to feed four weeks after birth. An initial scan revealed…

Garden Court Chambers recognised for “outstanding achievement” following Hillsborough inquests

Friday 8 Jul 2016

At last night’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards (LALYs) in London, the team received the Outstanding Achievement Award from Baroness Doreen Lawrence, along with lawyers from ten other…

Doctors File Legal Challenge to PPE Guidance

Wednesday 10 Jun 2020

Two NHS frontline doctors, Dr Meenal Viz and Dr Nishant Joshi, have filed for judicial review of the Government’s guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) following an exchange of pre-action…

Hot off the press – fourth edition of Housing Allocation and Homelessness

Wednesday 8 Jun 2016

This latest edition has been updated to include: A comprehensive account of the new law in Wales: the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, Part 2, supplemented by the latest statutory guidance…

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