2012 03 Welfare Benefits
Sunday 1 Apr 2012
News Items Reassessment of incapacity benefits claimants The reassessment of 1.5 million existing incapacity benefits claimants commenced on 11 October 2010 with a trial in the Burnley and Aberdeen areas…
Commissioner finally apologises for fist bump stop and search in February 2018
Friday 9 Dec 2022
…acknowledge that stop and search is a wasteful and racially divisive policing tactic that needs total review and reform.” See media coverage in The Guardian and ITV News. The content above has…
Employment Law Bulletin – Issue 133 – 17 September 2012
Tuesday 18 Sep 2012
Employment news Consultation: settlement and limiting the compensatory award The Government last week published a consultation document on the transition from compromise to settlement agreements. Potentially the most interesting idea…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 222 – 20 June 2011
Monday 20 Jun 2011
The Latest Housing Law News Changing housing law: the legislation presently before Parliament which is intended to amend housing law in England & Wales (the Localism Bill) reaches its House…
Issue 97 – 2nd June 2008
Monday 2 Jun 2008
The Latest Housing Law News Rent arrears and Ground 8: The Government is coming under increasing pressure to amend the Housing Bill so as to prevent housing associations from using…
Issue 24 – 31st July 2006
Monday 31 Jul 2006
News Raging sectarian violence has pushed up the number of refugees in Iraq by 20,000 in the last 10 days alone, reported the migration ministry. Read more In Lebanon, the…
Stephanie Harrison QC wins Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award
Wednesday 4 Dec 2013
…them in the classroom, courtroom, newsroom and parliament chamber.” The award is a reflection of Garden Court Chambers’ background as a cradle of human rights law in the UK. In…
Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 292 – 18 September 2012
Tuesday 18 Sep 2012
News Just as the UTIAC declared in VT (Dublin Regulation: post-removal appeal) Sri Lanka [2012] UKUT 308 (IAC) that allegations of mistreatment in safe third countries were not a matter…
Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 231 – 14 June 2011
Tuesday 14 Jun 2011
News Government sets out proposals for breaking links between temporary and permanent migration. For further information, click here. Next set of changes to student visas rules announced which will come…
Issue 163 – 4th January 2010
Monday 4 Jan 2010
The Latest Housing Law News County Court Possession Day duty schemes: the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme is funded by the Legal Services Commission, covering 112 courts in England &…