A judicial review hearing regarding the Home Secretary’s decision to house asylum seekers at Napier military Barracks in Kent took place at the Royal Courts of Justice on 14 and 15 April 2021. The claims were brought by six Claimants who were anonymised during the...
Permission to apply for judicial review has been granted to our client to challenge the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision not to prosecute her trafficker who exploited her by making her work excessive hours for very little pay. Our client was recognised as a victim of...
Six asylum seekers who brought claims against the Home Secretary after being accommodated at the controversial Napier Barracks have today been granted permission to proceed with their claims to trial. The Claimants challenge the use of Napier Barracks to house asylum seekers on five grounds, including...
A deputy High Court judge today ordered that an asylum seeker and potential victim of trafficking who is housed at the Napier army barracks in Kent must be urgently re-housed in alternative adequate accommodation within 24 hours. The Claimant is an asylum seeker and potential victim...
PRESS RELEASE - for immediate release: Thursday 10 December 2020 HOME OFFICE ACCEPTS FAILURE TO PROTECT VULNERABLE WOMAN AND HER CHILD FROM VIOLENCE IN SHARED ASYLUM SUPPORT ACCOMMODATION Success in challenge to the Home Office’s failure to have a policy in place to protect people who...
The Brook House Inquiry – the first of its kind – will hold its first virtual preliminary hearing at 2pm today, Friday 25 September 2020. The Brook House Inquiry is the first public inquiry into immigration detention in the United Kingdom. It’s first preliminary hearing...
The Court found today that the retention of data by the Metropolitan Police Service on a 16-year-old child (known as II) from the age of 11 was unlawful and a disproportionate interference with his right to private life; namely, that it was a breach of...
Zimbabweans in exile are increasingly concerned about the breakdown of the rule of law. In the past few days, a lawyer representing three women including an opposition MP was arrested whilst travelling with his clients to comply with bail requirements. This event is inspired by...
Prime Minister is asked to fulfil his promise that military-grade equipment will not be exported to the US if it is used for internal repression. Following the brutal and racist killing of George Floyd by a police officer and the widespread protests that immediately followed and...
As a result of our client’s litigation, the Home Office amended its Immigration Bail policy at the end of February 2020 to confirm that Schedule 10 applications for non-detained nationals should be determined within 5 days or less, and within 2 days for vulnerable groups...