Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 22 December 2009
Jury Find Police Restraint Killed Mikey Powell
The jury at the inquest into the controversial death in police custody in 2003 of Michael Lloyd Powell (known as Mikey) returned a damning narrative verdict and found that the way that he was restrained resulted in his death from positional asphyxia.
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 9 December 2009
Supreme Court delivers judgment in the case of Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs v Meier and others
On 1st December the Supreme Court delivered judgment in the case of Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs v Meier and others [2009] UKSC 11.
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 3 December 2009
Failures at HMP Leeds, the Probation Service and Mental Health Inreach Team Contribute to the Death of a Recalled Prisoner
Sitting before HM Deputy Coroner for Leeds, David Hinchliffe and a Jury. The inquest into the death of Paul Clarkson at HMP Leeds on 6 July 2006, following his recall on licence, concluded on Wednesday 18 November 2009 with the jury deciding that the medi
Garden Court Chambers | Monday 23 November 2009
Oxford University Press launches "Forensic Mental Health - concepts, system and practice" at Garden Court Chambers
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce the publication of this important book with foreword by Helena Kennedy QC, featuring contributing author Nerida Harford-Bell of Garden Court's crime team. This seminal publication presents a penetrating and t
