The Government has at long last announced a public inquiry into the human rights abuses at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre. The Home Secretary made the announcement to Parliament yesterday that the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigation of Brook House is converted to a statutory...
In her first official engagement as Law Society Human Rights Committee Chair, DPG director Sue Willman welcomed Maricela Vasquez, a Mexican lawyer from Ciudad Juárez, the militarised Mexican border town known for having the fifth highest murder rate in the world, and in particular for...
On Friday 11th October 2019, The High Court (sitting in Bristol) will hear a challenge to the lawfulness of the Defendant’s policy on human trafficking and modern slavery, the Victims of Modern Slavery: Competent Authority Guidance, specifically in relation to the process for reconsidering negative...
A legal opinion published today by Deighton Pierce Glynn’s client, the Good Law Project, raises serious concerns regarding privacy safeguards on a ‘Back Brexit’ webpage operated by the Conservative Party. Deighton Pierce Glynn, instructed by the Good Law Project (“GLP”), has obtained an opinion from a...
R on the application of ASK & MDA v Secretary of State for the Home Department On 16 July 2019 the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment which raised important issues concerning the powers of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to...
The Court of Appeal today decided that the decision by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) (formerly BiZ) to authorise arms exports to Saudi Arabia for potential use in Yemen was unlawful because the government had not taken into account Saudi Arabia’s past record...
In a powerful judgment handed down today Mrs Justice May ruled that the government’s proposed inquiry into mistreatment and abuse of detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre by private security firm G4S officers will not comply with Article 3 of the European Convention on...
09/04/19 - The Court of Appeal will today begin hearing a landmark appeal brought by Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) against the Secretary of State for International Trade challenging the government’s ongoing failure to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia for possible use in the...
The Good Law Project has today issued judicial review proceedings challenging the legality of the Government’s powers to make Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) that would allow pharmacists to alter prescriptions for people with serious medical conditions, such as epilepsy, in the event of medicines shortages. Details...
The Good Law Project has today threatened to issue judicial review proceedings unless the Government withdraws powers to make Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) that would allow pharmacists to alter prescriptions for people with serious medical conditions, such as epilepsy, in the event of medicines shortages. The...