Chambers news 16 October 2020
Category A Oral Hearing Refusal Quashed
In R (Smith) v Secretary of State for Justice [2020] EWHC 2712 (Admin) the Administrative Court (Calver J) quashed a decision…
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Chambers news 13 August 2020
I’m afraid the home has served notice
Options and property owners In the Court of Protection, once a lack of capacity is established, the judge only gets…
Chambers news 11 August 2020
Successful challenge of Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
The following has been accepted by the Defendants: The Amendment Regulations were unlawful on the basis that the requirement to…
Chambers news 15 June 2020
Where are my black sisters? The intersection of religion, race and gender in the AAP legal community
As a hijabi AAP lawyer, this area can also be isolating and unwelcoming at times.
Chambers news 26 April 2020
The Hillsborough Inquests – The Jury Speaks Truth to Power
When we first met the jury panel on 31st March 2014 no one expected that by the end of April…
Chambers news 7 February 2020
Bereavement benefit rules discriminatory and incompatible with ECHR rights, rules High Court
Five children and their two fathers, whose families were refused bereavement benefit after the mother died, have won an important…
Chambers news 27 January 2020
Court of Appeal reduces fracking protester sentence and affirms that the courts attach great weight to the right to peaceful protest
The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of three anti-fracking protesters in part. This was the first case of…
Chambers news 19 November 2019
Ian Macdonald QC 1939-2019
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.”
Chambers news 5 November 2019
Winners – Regional Set of the Year – The Chambers Bar Awards 2019
Garden Court North Chambers are delighted to have been voted the Regional Set of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards 2019
Chambers news 3 September 2019
Richard Brigden acting for protesters in landmark injunction case
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.
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