News & Views
Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Community Care Law | Thursday 20 July 2017
Proof magazine #3: ‘Life in the Justice Gap: Why legal aid matters’ launch supported by Garden Court Chambers
Garden Court Chambers is proud to sponsor Proof magazine. The third issue of Proof was co-produced by the Justice Gap and the Justice Alliance.
Community Care Law, Housing Law | Tuesday 18 July 2017
David Watkinson poem - "The Masque of Anarchy" or "The Coalition of Chaos"
Read David Watkinson's masterful and topical poem recited at the Garden Court Housing and Community Care summer party.
Housing Law | Monday 10 July 2017
Films 'Nadia' and 'Eviction' highlight legal rights on homelessness
Justine Compton of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team advised on homelessness law for the scripts.
Administrative and Public Law, Housing Law | Thursday 22 June 2017
Revised benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with children under two, High Court rules
Shu Shin Luh and Connor Johnston were instructed by Freshfields Bruckhause Deringer for the intervener, Shelter.
Housing Law | Friday 16 June 2017
Immediate housing duties owed to victims of fires
Homelessness duties owed by the local authority to former residents of Grenfell Tower.
Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Community Care Law | Friday 16 June 2017
Garden Court Chambers extends condolences and solidarity to all those affected by Grenfell Tower tragedy
Garden Court Chambers is horrified by the fire at Grenfell Towers. We extend our condolences and our solidarity to all those bereaved, injured or rendered homeless.
Housing Law | Thursday 15 June 2017
Homelessness Reduction Act 2017: Tackling homelessness early
Liz Davies of Garden Court Chambers writes in June’s edition of Legal Action magazine on the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
Housing Law | Wednesday 3 May 2017
Response to ‘Fixing the broken housing market’: Housing White Paper, DCLG
In its Housing White Paper published on 7 February 2017, the Government concedes that the UK’s housing market is “broken” and promises a fresh wave of home-building and affordable housing to buy and rent.
