News & Views
Administrative and Public Law, Community Care Law | Monday 29 January 2024
High Court finds local authority subjected disabled asylum seeker to inhuman and degrading treatment for seven months
Gráinne Mellon and Nadia O’Mara of Garden Court Chambers represented the Claimant, TMX. Counsel were instructed by Monica Kreel of TV Edwards.
Housing Law | Friday 26 January 2024
Excluding people with behavioural disabilities from social housing: new High Court decision
Nick Bano of the Garden Court Housing Law Team represented the Claimant, instructed by Tracy Ball of BHT Sussex.
Criminal Defence | Friday 26 January 2024
Ruby Selva secures not guilty verdicts by way of Judge directed acquittals
Ruby Selva of the Garden Court Crime Team, instructed by Vik Lalli of Bhandal Law, secured not guilty verdicts by way of Judge directed acquittals in a EncroChat case.
Mediation | Monday 22 January 2024
Blog: Mandatory Mediation – The Churchill Case – The end of a beginning?
In this blog, David Watkinson of the Garden Court Mediation Team considers the judgment of the recent case of Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416 and its impact.
Welfare Benefits Law, Administrative and Public Law | Friday 19 January 2024
Garden Court represent tax credit claimant in a landmark Court of Appeal decision on access to justice
Desmond Rutledge and Ollie Persey of Garden Court Chambers acted for the respondent, instructed by Joe Power of Kirklees Citizens Advice & Law Centre and led by Jamie Burton KC of Doughty Street Chambers.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 19 January 2024
Joanne Cecil and Greg Ó Ceallaigh to be appointed King’s Counsel
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Joanne Cecil and Greg Ó Ceallaigh will be appointed King’s Counsel in 2024.
Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defence | Thursday 18 January 2024
Court of Appeal quashes half-century convictions based on racist police officer’s evidence
Henry Blaxland KC, of the Garden Court Criminal Appeals Team, acted for Saliah Mehmet and Basil Peterkin, instructed by Matt Foot of Appeal.
Romani Gypsy and Traveller Rights, Administrative and Public Law | Tuesday 16 January 2024
Government to be challenged in High Court over ‘discriminatory’ PCSC Act
FFT will be represented by Stephen Simblet KC and Nadia O’Mara of Garden Court Chambers. Wendy Smith will be represented by Marc Willers KC and Ollie Persey of Garden Court Chambers.