Garden Court Chambers | Friday 11 May 2012
Gypsies living on a privately rented site challenge shortfall in Housing Benefit as discriminatory
The High Court accepted that the way in which the Housing Benefit scheme operates in relation to members of the gypsy community was discriminatory.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 4 May 2012
Stephen Knafler QC and Alex Grigg win deportation appeal in the Court of Appeal
Stephen Knafler QC and Alex Grigg win deportation appeal in the Court of Appeal, in the case of Deron Peart v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 568.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 27 April 2012
Charles Taylor verdict at the SCSL: not guilty of JCE or command responsibility
The Special Court for Sierra Leone yesterday handed down its judgment in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. Despite the prosecution's claims to the contrary, the court found that there was no evidence of either Mr Taylor having command
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 26 April 2012
Stephen Knafler QC and Irena Sabic win Children Act test case in the Administrative Court
Stephen Knafler QC and Irena Sabic have won an Administrative Court test case concerning the obligations of a local authority to provide accommodation close to where a former relevant child would be receiving education.
