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Five children and their two fathers, whose families were refused bereavement benefit after the mother died, have won an important…

The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of three anti-fracking protesters in part. This was the first case of…

The death of Ian Macdonald QC, a barrister notable as a pioneer of committed anti-racist legal practice, was announced on 12 November 2019. Ian’s contribution is summed up in this way –“his sense of fairness was contagious.”

Garden Court North Chambers are delighted to have been voted the Regional Set of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards 2019

Today the High Court gave its ruling in the first known case of protesters being found in contempt of court for breaching an injunction which restricts protest. Recognising the importance of their activities, the judge gave short suspended sentences to each of our client.

The rejection of a narrow and technical approach to the scope of individual descriptors should help minimise situations where a person falls through the cracks of the rules and misses out on entitlement despite objective need. Further, the decision emphasises the obligations on the government and the courts to 'probe' to make sure the right questions are asked of a claimant.

Ciara Bartlam looks at the government’s decision to abolish section 21 evictions and the positive impact on housing stability.

Clare Ashcroft, barrister at Garden Court North Chambers, looks at the history of women in law and where we are 100 hundred years later.

Three peaceful anti-fracking protestors, represented by Chambers’ Richard Brigden and Doughty Street Chambers' Kirsty Brimelow QC, had their prison sentences overturned yesterday.