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Chambers news 28 August 2025

Anthony Ellis sentenced to life imprisonment with 15-year minimum term for murder

Mr Ellis, represented by Garden Court North's Nina Grahame KC and Rosalind Burgin, was previously imprisoned for causing grievous bodily harm to the same victim.

Chambers news 26 August 2025

Garden Court North to co-host leading inquest and immigration events in September

The INQUEST Northern Conference and Quiz and the North-West Migrants' Rights Conference will take place in September 2025.

Chambers news 5 August 2025

Garden Court North’s housing team secure £26,222 in disrepair damages for family of eight

Huddersfield County Court ordered the landlord to pay damages and legal costs due to significant disrepair.

Chambers news 4 August 2025

NT v Cyprus: European Court of Human Rights rules that Cyprus Government’s flawed rape prosecution violates Articles 3, 8, 14

Garden Court North's Leto Cariolou represented the Applicant in the Cypriot Government's mishandled rape allegation.

Chambers news 1 August 2025

Covid-19 Inquiry: Module 6 hears about “forced” discharging of hospital patients without testing and “generational slaughter” in care homes

Module 6 heard how a lack of preparedness and parity between Health and Social Care led to a fatal lack of protection for the care sector.

Chambers news 24 July 2025

High Court hears legal challenge against Trafford Council’s tax reduction scheme

Two Trafford residents' High Court legal challenge says the Council's tax reduction scheme unlawfully deprives low-income households.

Chambers news 22 July 2025

40 years on, Government launches Orgreave Inquiry into violent policing at miners’ strikes

Mark George KC was a vocal campaigner calling for an Orgreave Inquiry into the South Yorkshire police's wrongdoings.

Chambers news 22 July 2025

Awaab’s Law must impact every tenant in the country. On Monday, MPs debated it.

Christian Weaver represented Awaab Ishak’s family during the inquest and subsequent petition for Awaab’s Law.

Chambers news 18 July 2025

High Court rejects legal challenge against the rules of two-child benefit cap in universal credit

The High Court rejected a legal challenge against the rules of the ‘rape clause’ in the universal credit ‘two-child limit’. 

Chambers news 18 July 2025

Misha Nayak-Oliver negotiates settlement to prevent eviction of family from their home

Misha Nayak-Oliver negotiated a settlement to prevent her client from eviction in a possession case at Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

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