Accessibility


Accessibility

To ensure we are as accessible as possible we have made significant effort to achieve a Conformance Level "Double-A" of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines on the Garden Court North Website.

Access Key Details

We have provided a series of keyboard shortcuts intended to help users who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse. The following information summarises each of the keyboard shortcut commands available to you.

Link Letter System

L - Links

A - About Chambers

O - Areas of Specialisation

B - Barristers

N - News

E - Seminars and Events

J - Join Chambers

C - Contact Us

UK Government Access Key System

S - Skip Navigation

1 - Home Page

3 - Site Map

4 - Website Search

0 - Access Key Details

Using Access Keys

Depending on your operating system and browser type use one of the following:
With Windows-based systems, in general, press the "Alt" key and the relevant access key:

  • if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time
  • if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or 6 then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter, then press the "Enter" key
  • if you are using Netscape version 6 or later, or Mozilla, then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time

With Macintosh-based systems, press the "Ctrl" key and the relevant access key.

Useful links:

If you would like to know more about accessibility and the Internet, you may be interested in the following websites:

RNIB website - The Royal National Institute for the Blind.

www.w3.org/WAI - W3C accessibility guidelines.

www.bcab.org.uk - British Computer Association of the Blind.

www.bbc.co.uk/education/betsie - BBC web pages specially constructed to improve clarity for visually impaired users. The website also includes other useful links.

http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/ - The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA).

JAWS - a screen reader for use with Windows.

Lynx - a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.

Links - a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.



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March 2010 Prison law update

11/3/10 GCN and APL announce one day prison seminar (22/04)

9/3/10 Dr Tor Pettit confirmed to speak at GCN's Mental Capacity seminar (23/03)

March 2010 Housing Bulletin

4/3/10 Bryony Poynor presenting Family Law Update for Sheffield Law Society (20/04)

26/2/10 Four housing seminars announced for spring/ summer 2010

25/2/10 One day immigration update announced (13/5/10)

25/2/10 Pete Weatherby on assisted suicide

HOUSING LAW TENANTS

16/2/10 Bryony Poynor to run London Marathon

12/2/10 Brigid Baillie joins chambers

12/2/10 IPP sentence quashed

10/2/10 GCN write to MoJ and LSC in response to proposed government cuts to criminal legal aid

4/2/10 Mark George to speak at US death penalty event

January 2010 Criminal law update

18/01/10 Camille Warren joins chambers

18/01/10 Prison law - Challenging NOMS and UK Board Agency agreement on segregation of foreign nationals

16/12/09 Third party support and/or joint sponsorship permissible for entry clearance applications under Rules 281, 297 & 317

16/12/09 Sonny Lodge public inquiry - final report released

15/12/09 Appeal against 2004 convictions allowed - referral by Criminal Cases Review Commission

11/12/09 Manchester City Council –v- Pinnock - Permission to appeal granted

3/12/09 Prison law - 'Challenging Deportation'

30/11/09 Prison JR: SSJ acted unlawfully in IPP transfer

17/11/09 Chambers & Partners 2010 recommendations

12/11/09 Mark George QC on Judge's decision in child rape case

6/11/09 James Stark to speak at HLPA event on 15/12

30/10/09 Three new members join GCN

9/10/09 Sarah Daley 'the issues of best value tendering in criminal legal aid'

2/10/09 ‘Letter from America’ Kate Stone’s Pegasus scholarship

1/10/09 UK Supreme Court Opens

28/9/09 Legal 500 ratings

23/9/09 Pete Weatherby on assisted suicide guidelines

14/9/09 Appeal against sentencing affecting HDC upheld

11/9/09 Prison JR on reasons for Cat A ERC decisions

9/9/09 Michael Shields released; first ever British pardon of someone convicted abroad (+ media coverage links)

4/9/09 James Stark on "homeless at home"

19/8/09 Prison JR challenges Cat A review decision

16/8/09 Pete Weatherby on "Right to review reviewed"

7/8/09 Latest equal pay case

31/7/09 James Stark on "Reasonable Occupational Continuation"

23/7/09 Sex offenders register without mechanism for review is "incompatible" with HRA 1998

22/7/09 Unlawful killing verdict for aid worker killed in India

17/7/09 House of Lords to consider "third party support"

17/7/09 Prison JR quashes re-categorisation and HDC decision

16/7/09 Who is "Lawyer of the week" and which GCN barrister gets a mention?