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Inquests and Inquiries, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Friday 14 January 2022
Family wins High Court challenge following inquest into prison death where jury were not properly directed as to their conclusions
Stephen Simblet QC and Sarah Hemingway, of the Garden Court Chambers Inquest Team, were instructed by Bhaskar Banerjee of GT Stewart solicitors.
Mental Health Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Wednesday 5 January 2022
Stephen Simblet QC interviewed on Times Radio about autistic man detained under the Mental Health Act for four years
Stephen Simblet QC, of the Garden Court Chambers Mental Health Law and Civil Liberties Teams, spoke to Times Radio about a young autistic man detained under the Mental Health Act for over four years.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Tuesday 27 July 2021
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse makes damning findings of decades-long failures to protect children in the care of Lambeth Council
Stephen Simblet QC, of the Garden Court Chambers Inquests & Inquiries Team, represented LA-A131 in the Inquiry, instructed by Uppal Taylor Solicitors.
Administrative and Public Law | Friday 15 January 2021
Court of Appeal hold that Home Secretary is not required to put a different deemed date of birth on identity document provided to a refugee despite risk to life
Stephen Simblet QC has been acting for Mind, the Mental Health Charity, as Intervenor in R (WA (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021]. Stephen was instructed by Rheian Davies, Head of Legal for Mind.
Mental Health Law | Friday 13 November 2020
Stephen Simblet QC makes submissions on behalf of Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in important mental health case
Stephen Simblet QC, of the Garden Court Chambers Mental Health Team, was instructed by Les Allamby of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Thursday 30 July 2020
Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse - children in the care of Lambeth Council - Closing Statement
Stephen Simblet QC of the Garden Court Civil Liberties Team is representing a survivor of abuse from a Lambeth Children’s Home.
Inquests and Inquiries, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Tuesday 30 June 2020
Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse - children in the care of Lambeth Council - Opening Statement
Stephen Simblet QC of the Garden Court Civil Liberties Team is representing a survivor of abuse from a Lambeth Children’s Home.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Mental Health Law | Thursday 9 April 2020
Tribunal’s refusal of hearing overturned by Upper Tribunal - Detained patients entitled to hearing when detention circumstances change
Stephen Simblet QC and Roger Pezzani of the Garden Court Chambers Civil Liberties Team represented the appellant.
