The Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings are now taking place. The opening speech about our clients was given by Rajiv Menon QC, and can be viewed here. DPG's Jane Deighton is acting for clients Audrey, Richard, and Nathan Adams, Mr Duwayne Brooks OBE, and Ken Livingstone. Read...
The Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings finally started on Monday 2 November and will begin with 7 days of opening speeches. DPG represent a number of core participants the Inquiry: Ken Livingstone, Mr Duwayne Brooks OBE, Nathan Adams, Audrey Adams and Richard Adams. Our opening speech will be...
https://youtu.be/E_xbHwmLnJ8 DPG represented the family of Mikey Powell who was killed by West Midlands Police officers on 7 September 2003. Mikey’s Nieces have put together this video to express their feelings. Chaela had not been born when Mikey died and Kiara was just a...
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...
HM Senior Coroner for Worcestershire has sent a Prevention of Future Death report to the Chief Constable of West Midlands after the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Jason Devoti ; Jason died on 9th October 2018. The Coroner in a ruling dated...
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...
An inquest jury has returned its conclusion in the case of the third of five men to die at HMP Nottingham in a month from 13 September 2017. Anthony Solomon died on 27 September 2017 from the lethal effects of smoking a psychoactive substance known...
The jury in the inquest into the killing of Cherylee Shennan has unanimously concluded that the authorities’ failure to recall her killer after her family reported domestic violence contributed to her death. Cherylee, aged 40, was subjected to a brutal attack by Paul O’Hara at her...
An inquest jury yesterday delivered a damning conclusion after hearing evidence over 6 days about Andrew’s time in Nottingham prison in August and September 2017. Andrew was found hanging in his cell on the prison’s induction wing of HMP Nottingham on 12 September 2017, and...
The jury in the inquest into the double shooting of Christine and Lucy Lee has unanimously concluded that five different failings by Surrey police contributed to the two women’s deaths. Christine (66) and Lucy (40) were shot by John Lowe on 23 February 2014 at Keepers...