Two judicial reviews brought by five DPG clients challenging Home Office delays in providing accommodation to those entitled to section 4 support and the delays in providing suitable accommodation to disabled people is being heard from Monday 20 July to Thursday 23 July 2020 in...
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...
On 19 February 2020, the Court dismissed a claim for Judicial Review brought by disability campaigner and DPG client, Esther Leighton, to reform the legal system to ensure victims of discrimination are not put at risk of enormous adverse costs orders. The case sought to...
Ministers face a legal challenge this week on the costs victims of discrimination face when pursuing claims under the Equality Act, from disabled campaigner Esther Leighton When organisations like shops or restaurants breach the Equality Act and discriminate against someone, it is up to individuals...
The high costs risk faced by victims of discrimination often prevents them from enforcing their rights under the Equality Act. A judicial review claim, brought by DPG client Esther Leighton, aiming to change the costs rules, has been granted the go ahead. Disabled people are frequently...
Following a threat of legal action by our client, Doug Paulley, the Office for Rail & Road (ORR) has confirmed it will re-consult on whether to require train companies to ensure all rail replacement buses are fully accessible. On 27 July 2019, following a lengthy consultation...
Following a legal challenge by Deighton Pierce Glynn client, the Justice Secretary has agreed to introduce stronger safeguards and to record equality impacts in the roll out of chemical restraint in prisons. The Equality and Human Rights Commission funded our client, who is a disabled person,...
The Disability Justice Project was founded by Inclusion London to support London Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs) to use the law to help Deaf/Disabled people make rights to independent living and access to goods and services a reality. This came out of the work...
One of the successes from our ground breaking PAP scheme is reported in the local newspapers in Bristol. This case, a rare good news story about asylum support, was supported by Jacob Rees-Mogg, their local MP. However, it was the receipt of the pre-action letter...
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...