Garden Court Chambers | Monday 19 December 2011
Stephen Knafler QC and Tim Baldwin advise MIND
Stephen Knafler QC and Tim Baldwin advise MIND as to the consequences of the Health and Social Care Bill to provision of aftercare under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 16 December 2011
Protestor injured on demonstration obtains damages
Stephen Simblet has successfully represented a protestor, obtaining damages in excess of £14,000 in the High Court, after she suffered injuries at the hands of the police.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 14 December 2011
Test case on the power to recoup social security debts by deductions where the claimant is insolvent under a debt relief order
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has no power to recoup Social Fund loans or overpayments by deductions from existing awards of benefits where the claimant is subject to a debt relief order and that the same pr
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 9 December 2011
Stephen Knafler QC and David Renton represent Occupy London activists
Stephen Knafler QC and David Renton represented activists on Wednesday in their application to set aside a possession order granted in favour of Sun Street Property Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UBS Bank.
