Garden Court Chambers | Monday 25 February 2008
Homeless Teenagers: Landmark Decision from the Law Lords
On 27 February 2008 the House of Lords handed-down an important judgment clarifying local authority responsibilities for homeless teenagers.
Garden Court Chambers | Friday 8 February 2008
Poker players dealt a poor hand by the Court of Appeal
Thousands of poker enthusiasts will have been disappointed by today's appeal court decision in R v Kelly.
Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 7 February 2008
Jan Luba QC Wins Landmark Homeless Case
An important Court of Appeal decision determines Birmingham Council's housing allocation policy to be unlawful. Jan Luba QC appeared as leading counsel for the families, instructed by Mike McIlvaney, Community Law Partnership, Birmingham.
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 5 February 2008
Petra Blanksby Inquest: Coroner urges changes in the prison service
The inquest lasted three weeks before the Wakefield Coroner Mr David Hinchliff, returning a verdict that noted prison was 'not a suitable place' for Petra and that the sexual and emotional abuse she suffered while in the care of social services had contr
