Garden Court Chambers | Saturday 5 August 2006
Mumia Abu Jamal Press Conference
On July 19th 2006 a press conference for Mumia Abu-Jamal took place at Garden Court Chambers organised by Legal Action for Women and Ian Macdonald QC . After 24 years on Pennsylvania's death row, Mr Abu-Jamal, convicted in 1982 of killing a policeman, h
Garden Court Chambers | Saturday 26 August 2006
Iranian homosexual male wins important case
J v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (2006) The case of J was successfully appealed yesterday in the Court of Appeal which Femi Omere of Garden Court Chambers appeared in as junior counsel. The case involves a homosexual from Iran who feared
Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 9 May 2006
Afgan Hijackers win Court of Appeal
UPDATE: On the 3rd August 2006 the Court of Appeal rejected the Home Office appeal against the decision of Mr Justice Sullivan. The appeal court, headed by the Master of the Rolls, unanimously ruled that the judgement below was "impeccable." D
Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 6 September 2006
Advanced Workshop In Refugee Law Hosted by the Law Society Immigration Law Committee
An advanced workshop in refugee law Conducted by: Professor James Hathaway of the University of Michigan Law School on ?An examination of the requirement of alienage within Article 1A2 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees?
