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Legal Aid Lawyers of the Year Awards 2020

Chambers is delighted to announce that Charlotte Bayati has been selected as a finalist for the category of “Legal Aid Barrister of the Year” in the highly prestigious LALY Awards 2020, organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG).  There will be an online ceremony which will take place on 7th July and the LAPG’s press release announcing the short-lists […]

Legal aid and immigration and asylum cases under the new ‘Reform Procedure’

The statutory provisions (SI 2020 No 515) for the funding of ‘Appeal Skeleton Arguments’ in legal aid cases were laid before Parliament on 18 May 2020 and come into force on 8 June 2020.  These provisions bring into force the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020. The members of Goldsmith Chambers Immigration Team have […]

Commonwealth HM Forces group action

Anthony Metzer QC, Head of Chambers leads Sarah Pinder,  joint-head of the immigration team, in a group judicial review claim brought by eight Fijian Commonwealth veterans, who served in the British army, including on numerous operations. They are instructed by Vinita Templeton, Director at Duncan Lewis. The response from the two government departments, the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office, […]

Webinar – Schedule 1 Cases: A Very Brief Introduction

Joanna Gillan and Dr Charlotte Proudman of Goldsmith Chambers’ family team presented a webinar entitled “Schedule 1 Cases – A Very Brief Introduction”. The webinar recording can be viewed by clicking on the link here and the supporting slides, which accompany the webinar, can be accessed here. Joanna and Charlotte present a very brief introduction to Schedule 1 […]

Anthony Metzer QC & Sarah Pinder continue to represent eight Commonwealth veterans in group action

Anthony Metzer QC, Head of Chambers leads Sarah Pinder,  joint-head of the immigration team, in a group judicial review claim brought by eight Fijian Commonwealth veterans, who served in the British army, including on numerous operations. They are instructed by Vinita Templeton, Director at Duncan Lewis. This case has attracted considerable further media interest and public support following the recent admission into hospital […]

Webinar – Covid-19 & Possession Proceedings in Residential Leases

David Giles and Ian Cain of Goldsmith Chambers’ civil team presented a webinar entitled “Covid-19 & Possession Proceedings in Residential Leases”. The webinar recording can be viewed by clicking on the link here and the supporting slides, which accompany the webinar, can be accessed here. This practice note accompanies the slide and recording. David and Ian discuss the restrictions to possession proceedings […]

Webinar – Introduction to Form Es

Dr Charlotte Proudman and Shárin Diegan of Goldsmith Chambers’ family team presented a webinar entitled “Introduction to Form Es” The webinar recording can be viewed by clicking on the link here and the supporting slides, which accompany the webinar, can be accessed here. Charlotte and Shárin discuss the various sections within the Form E and the common mistakes and […]

Chambers Webinar Series enters its second week

Goldsmith Chambers is running a webinar series to cover topics within the areas that you specialise in and which have been impacted by Covid-19. Last week, viewers enjoyed four webinars across civil, family and immigration law topics and a record 391 persons attended. You can see directly below the running order for this week’s webinars as […]

Webinar – Long Residence, Para 276A-B & Ahmed in CoA

Lawrence Youssefian of Goldsmith Chambers’ immigration team presented a webinar entitled “Indefinite Leave to Remain on Long Residence Grounds under para 276B: What to do after the Court of Appeal case of Ahmed” The webinar recording can be viewed by clicking on the link here and the supporting slides, which accompany the webinar, can be accessed here. Lawrence explored the […]

Webinar – Commercial Tenancies & Covid-19

Oliver Newman and Ian Cain of Goldsmith Chambers’ civil team presented a webinar entitled “Commercial Tenancies & Covid-19”.  The webinar recording can be viewed by clicking on the link here and the supporting slides, which accompany the webinar, can be accessed here. Oliver and Ian spoke about the impact of the Coronavirus Act 2020, the Government’s proposals in relation to the enforcement […]

 

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