Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 23 March 2006
Gypsy law seminar and exhibition
You are invited to a Gypsy Law seminar we are holding on the 29th March 2006 and to view the 'On Sites' Gypsy and Traveller exhibition that we are hosting in Chambers at present. The seminar will begin at 6.30 p.m. and run to 8 p.m. after which there wi
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 23 March 2006
Review of Events Relating to the Death of Christopher Alder Published
Nick Hardwick, Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, today presented the findings of his review into the events leading up to and following the death in police custody of Christopher Alder in Hull on 1 April 1998. He said his 'grim conc
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 24 May 2006
R (M) v Slough Borough Council
M was an asylum-seeker who was HIV+. He was fully able to care for himself and function normally, but if he became homeless he was at increased risk of injury. The Court held that M was entitled to residential accommodation from the local authority and di
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 5 May 2006
An end of shop lockouts
Pirabakaran v Patel & Anor [2006] EWCA Civ 685 (26 May 2006) In a landmark ruling earlier today, the Court of Appeal delivered a welcome boost to the rights of shopkeepers who live above their shops. Very many small shopkeepers hold their shop and the