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...
The Unity Project is backing an emergency high court hearing today calling for immediate suspension of the Home Office's brutal 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF), which is denying tens of thousands of working families access to the welfare safety net during the coronavirus outbreak. The...
Leading human rights lawyer Ugo Hayter is appointed a partner in the firm. We are very excited to announce that Ugo Hayter, one of the leading human rights lawyers in the country, has been appointed Partner in our firm. Her approach to her work, her clients...
Last year two babies were born prematurely, and had to spend the first few months of their lives in intensive care. They were left with significant ongoing health problems for which they require regular treatment. Almost a year later their parents, who have leave to remain...
The inquest into the death of 34-year-old Chris Carpenter concluded yesterday with the jury finding failures by prison and healthcare staff in the run up to Chris’s death on 18th August 2018. Christopher was the last of four men to die in the prison in...
On 10-12 December 2019 the High Court is hearing a judicial review challenging substantial and systematic delays by the Home office in deciding asylum applications made by unaccompanied children. Statistics show that applications by unaccompanied children have routinely taken well in excess of a year to...
Deighton Pierce Glynn has been shortlisted by the Legal 500 for the specialism firm of the year award. The recognition for our client’s administrative and public law cases highlights the importance of this area of law in holding the executive to account at a time...
In a judgment handed down today the High Court has ruled that Kingston Council is liable to local authority tenants for water overcharges dating back to 1 April 2002. The impact of today’s result could be felt in millions of pounds of refunds to council tenants...
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...