
Garden Court - Civil Liberties & Human Rights
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Human Rights Set of the Year 2016. Our barristers specialise in claims against police & state, inquests & inquiries, prison law & immigration detention claims.
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https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/area/civil-liberties-human-rights/ 07-03-2017 12:19:31
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📢Our client, Sapana Pangeni, who arrived in the UK on the Seasonal Worker Visa, has been at the Employment Tribunal this week standing up for her employment rights. Her case has been covered by Bloomberg UK - read more below⬇️ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

📣 Paul Powlesland of Garden Ct quoted in ENDS Report on Wellingborough trees ruling in High Court: “It was not only morally [the] right thing to do, it was preventing illegal destruction of nature by [the] developer [& the] council.” Read on here 🔽 endsreport.com/article/187377…



📣 Friends of the Earth takes legal challenge against anti-protest injunctions to European Ct of Human Rights 📣 Friends of the Earth is represented by Stephanie Harrison KC, Stephen Clark & Fatima Jichi of Garden Ct & Wessen Jazrawi of Hausfeld. Read here🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/news/friends-o…


🚨 See coverage in The Guardian - 'UK ministers to be challenged in human rights court over protest injunctions' 🚨 theguardian.com/law/article/20…

🗞️Government 'must go further' for a #HillsboroughLaw - coverage in BBC News (UK). 17 barristers at Garden Ct represented 77 families at the #HillsboroughInquests. The inquests found that the 96 people who died were unlawfully killed. Read on 🔽 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The UK Parliament Human Rights Committee published a report today on #HumanRights and the proposal for a "#HillsboroughLaw", arguing for a broad ‘duty of candour’ and enhanced #LegalSupport for families. Read their report here 🔽 publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5804/jtse…


'HMP Lewes prisoner allegedly denied sign language interpreter' - Paul Clark (Paul Kingsley Clark) of the Garden Court Inquest & Inquiries Team represented the claimant, instructed by Benjamin Burrows of Leigh Day. Coverage in Brighton Argus 🔽 theargus.co.uk/news/24362261.…

Jury acquits Palestine Action activists on defences of Necessity and Protection of Property Owen Greenhall of Garden Ct Chambers & Mira Hammad of Garden Court North represented the defendants, instructed by Lydia Dagostino of Kellys Solicitors. Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/news/jury-acqu…


📣 TODAY at 2PM 📣 James Scobie KC will make an opening statement at the Undercover Policing Inquiry Tranche 2 (Phase 1) representing Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) & Lindsey German, instructed by Paul Heron of Public Interest Law Centre.. Watch it LIVE 🔽 youtube.com/watch?v=3gcMYQ…



Liz Davies KC (Liz Davies Proud Activist Lawyer) & David Renton (@dkrenton) of Garden Court Chambers acting for the defendant, Mariyah Ali, instructed by Ollie Edwards (Ollie Edwards) and Elisabeth Garrett of Hodge Jones & Allen in the High Court - Coverage in The Guardian 🔽 theguardian.com/education/arti…


💫 We are also ranked as a leading set for #PoliceLaw (Claimant) work, for holding the police to account. "Garden Court has a well-established reputation for representing claimants across the gamut of police law proceedings"-The Legal 500 Meet the team 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/areas-of-law/c…



