Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 17 February 2011
Court of Appeal grants permission to appeal on whether points of fact are to be settled in the county courts
The Court of Appeal has granted Stephen Knafler QC permission to appeal to enable the Court of Appeal to determine whether, when hearing a homelessness appeal, the county court has to decide questions of “pure fact” for itself.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 16 February 2011
Leslie Thomas and Sarah Hemingway secure damages for a man assaulted by a Surrey police officer
Leslie Thomas and Sarah Hemingway successfully acted for Mr Pannell who suffered injuries when he was punched to the face three times with full force by a police officer in March 2002. He received £40,000 in damages for false imprisonment, assault and mal
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 22 March 2011
Leslie Thomas secures damages for man wrongly arrested and assaulted by the police
Leslie Thomas has once again secured substantial damages plus costs for a man who was wrongly arrested and assaulted by police officers. The case demonstrates the need for the legal system to hold the police and others in public office to account.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 16 March 2011
Begging to differ in Westminster
At a time when government spending cuts and caps on housing benefit are starting to bite, Liz Davies paints a bleak picture of how this is going to affect the homeless.
