Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 25 October 2005
Langley & ors v Chief Constable of Merseyside Police & anr
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Liverpool City Council acted unlawfully when it took a child into care when his blind father continued to drive the family car. The family bought an action against the Council and the police which concerned the relatio
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 3 November 2005
House of Lords judgment in Limbuela
The House of Lords has found that the Secretary of State for the Home Office's practice of refusing accommodation or food to those asylum seekers who fail to claim asylum promptly on arrival in the country, is inhuman and degrading and as such a breach of
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 25 October 2005
R (application Mills) v Birmingham Magistrates' Court
In this case, the claimant pleaded guilty to shoplifting before the Birmingham Magistrates' court. The court imposed a two year anti-social behaviour order on the claimant banning her from all of the shops in the city centre, in addition to passing a Drug
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 25 October 2005
Rick Scannell to receive Honorary Doctorate
Rick Scannell is to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of East London where he was a student during its former incarnation as the North East London Polytechnic. Rick will receive the Doctorate on the 27th November at a ceremony at