News & Views
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 1 July 2015
The Immigration Appeals and Remedies handbook now available to pre-order
Mark Symes and Peter Jorro launch new handbook on appeals and judicial review.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 21 February 2014
Supreme Court issues landmark judgment regarding the protection of Article 3 rights of asylum seekers within the EU
The Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal regarding the appropriate test for assessing whether reception conditions for asylum seekers in an EU Member State are so inadequate as to amount to a breach of Article 3. Mark Symes was i
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 14 February 2014
European Court of Human Rights to decide whether conditions for asylum seekers in Italy breach Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights
The Court will decide whether other Member States should take responsibility for asylum claims rather than returning asylum seekers to Italy. Mark Symes has been instructed by the intervenors.
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 12 November 2013
Court of Appeal allows the appeal in JS (Sudan)
JS was convicted of serious sexual offences against vulnerable girls, recommended for deportation and subject to automatic deportation. He was eventually released, after 15 months of immigration detention, after the expiry of his prison sentence, when the
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 31 October 2013
Garden Court Chambers ranked Band 1 in Chambers UK 2014
We are once again delighted to have been ranked as a leading set by Chambers and Partners in the Chambers UK 2014 directory.
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 22 October 2013
Foreign children can be entitled to remain in the UK to receive life-saving treatment
Stephen Knafler QC and Mark Symes appeared for the appellants in a landmark judgment handed down this morning.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 25 September 2013
Garden Court Chambers recommended as Top Tier Set in Legal 500 2013
Garden Court Chambers is once again delighted to have been recommended as a Top Tier Set in this year's Legal 500. We are recommended in six areas of law as a set, with 11 silks and 27 junior barristers recognised individually.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 20 March 2013
Mark Symes acting in removal of asylum seekers test case
Mark Symes is part of the legal team acting for the Appellants in EM (Eritrea) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 1336, challenging the lawfulness of removing asylum seekers to inadequate reception conditions in another
