Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 29 June 2006
Supreme Court rules Bush administration in wrong
The U.S Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President George W. Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. In its ruling, the court said military tribunals contravened both the Geneva Convention o
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 17 July 2006
European Court of Human Rights to order Government to pay compensation to family for police raid
A family with young children who suffered a police raid by officers with a search warrant arising out of the activities of a member of the previous tenant?s family have been awarded 15,000 Euros compensation by the European Court of Human Rights.
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 20 July 2006
Appointment of two new QCs at Garden Court Chambers
Garden Court Chambers | Saturday 5 August 2006
Mumia Abu Jamal Press Conference
On July 19th 2006 a press conference for Mumia Abu-Jamal took place at Garden Court Chambers organised by Legal Action for Women and Ian Macdonald QC . After 24 years on Pennsylvania's death row, Mr Abu-Jamal, convicted in 1982 of killing a policeman, h