News & Views
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities | Wednesday 8 November 2017
The primacy of EU law: asserting the right to equal treatment v judicial immunity
Maya Sikand and Laura Profumo discuss the impact of the recent Supreme Court decision.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities, Inquests and Inquiries | Wednesday 1 November 2017
Hillsborough Review backs ‘Hillsborough Law’
Seventeen barristers from Garden Court Chambers were involved in the Hillsborough inquests, representing 80 families of those who died.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Friday 27 October 2017
Jury identified systematic failures in relation to suicide and self harm management in a G4S run prison
INQUEST has been working with Jagjeet Samra's family since July 2016. The family is represented by Catherine Oborne...
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, International Human Rights | Friday 27 October 2017
Ibrahim Halawa released from prison in Egypt after being acquitted of all charges against him, following over four years in detention
Gráinne Mellon from Garden Court Chambers instructed in case by Reprieve to advise in his case.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Garden Court International | Tuesday 24 October 2017
Immunity vs the rights of domestic workers: the impact of two recent Supreme Court judgments
Maya Sikand and Paul Clark comment on the impact of two recent Supreme Court cases on the rights of domestic workers.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Thursday 19 October 2017
Latest inquest into prisoner death at HMP Winchester finds more failings
Sean's family is represented by counsel, Taimour Lay of Garden Court Chambers and assisted by the charity INQUEST.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Inquests and Inquiries | Thursday 19 October 2017
Jury finds prison failings at HMP Doncaster were causative of the death of vulnerable prisoner Gerard Scahill
Family represented by Ifeanyi Odogwu and instructed by Jenny Fraser and Leanne Devine from Broudie Jackson Canter Solicitors.
Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Immigration Detention Civil Claims | Tuesday 10 October 2017
High Court rules Government redefinition of torture in immigration detention policy is unlawful
Stephanie Harrison QC and Shu Shin Luh of Garden Court Chambers represented Medical Justice and two victims of gender based violence.
