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Garden Court Chambers
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Number 1 ranked barristers' specialising in civil liberties, education, human rights, immigration, crime, family, housing & public law. Retweets ≠ endorsements.
Apr 29, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Stephanie Harrison QC, Chair and Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers, comments on the Nationality and Borders Bill receiving Royal Assent (thread):

“This is such a dark moment that it should be marked." ⬇️ "The Nationality and Borders Act 2002 is one of the most regressive pieces of immigration legislation since the 1960’s. It undermines and reverses key legal protections for asylum seekers and refugees established over the last 40 years."
Dec 8, 2021 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
The Garden Court Housing Team (@gcchousing) is proud to be sponsoring the @HLPA_UK conference '#SocialHousing in the UK: Fit for the 21st Century?' taking place tomorrow 9 December!

📢THERE IS STILL TIME TO BOOK ON!📢

⚡Register here: bit.ly/3IsZsgx Garden Court's @MarinaSergides, also Co-Chair of @HLPA_UK, will open the conference at midday tomorrow with fellow Co-Chair Simon Mullings (@spikemullings).
Dec 7, 2021 • 40 tweets • 8 min read
WE ARE LIVE! Prof @_lesliethomas QC of GC, the first Black Professor of Law at @GreshamCollege, is speaking tonight at his FREE public lecture series 'Race, Colonialism & Power in the Legal System'

2nd in the series: 'Judicial Racism & the Lammy Review' bit.ly/3lIoleB Image "Most people know that the English legal system has long had a race problem. Yet, we often attribute this to policing only, allowing the wider justice system – judges in particular – to get off scot-free...
May 10, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
*** RAP & the State’s double whammy: Lack of expert challenge to racist stereotyping ***

NEW BLOG by our Keir Monteith QC in advance of our webinar on the use of RAP lyrics & DRILL MUSIC in prosecutions.

⚡⚡⚡A MUST READ: bit.ly/3vRytUT During the Garden Court webinar on prosecuting Rap on January 20th 2021 we asked our audience three questions. The responses were shocking:

1. 43% of respondents stated that a client had been prosecuted where some of the evidence used included Rap / Drill lyrics.
Mar 25, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
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School exclusions data - Our @Metienne12 comments: “There is nothing in these figures that will surprise anyone with even a passing familiarity with the culture and practice of school discipline...” bit.ly/31fMMoU “...which, in more & more schools seeks to mimic the prison & criminal justice systems in which Black and other minoritised groups are over-represented.

This is an issue of life & death - the cases of Jaden Moodie and Tashaun Aird provide just two of many illustrations of that.”
Mar 25, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
THE #YJLCSummit2021 IS TODAY!

Our newly formed Youth Justice & Child Rights Team are proud to be supporting the #YJLCSummit2021.

Our Hossein Zahir QC & @JoanneCecil will be speaking.

Don't miss out! There's still time to register here: bit.ly/3bAPJGK Our @JoanneCecil is speaking now on how to challenge discrimination in the criminal courts: "The first aspect is understanding the background from where the child is coming from, that takes a lot of time and resources."
Mar 24, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
📣FREE WEBINAR - TODAY, 5pm📣

Practical Guidance for Practitioners Representing Victims of Modern Slavery - The Case of VCL v UK

This event is in collaboration with @SouthwellandPtr

Book here: bit.ly/3rmc0MN Join the legal team from VCL v UK in conversation with the Anti-Slavery Commissioner for an important & timely discussion on the prosecution of trafficking victims.
Sep 8, 2020 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Our major six part event series launches tonight on '#Drill music, gangs and prosecutions – challenging racist stereotypes in the criminal justice system'. Brought to you by the Garden Court Criminal Defence Team and many other leading experts in the area. bit.ly/2QpcvWn Live now - Part 1 - we bring together a panel to provide expert & grassroots testimony to foster a better understanding of #DrillMusic, its context & origins.

Speakers:

@mrmontgomery_ author of acclaimed Drill documentary, 'Terms & Conditions'