DPG Partner Louise Whitfield shortlisted for Lexis Nexis Legal Personality of the Year. We are delighted that in recognition of her work over the last year, including success in the Supreme Court to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples, Louise has been shortlisted for another award. The LexisNexis...
DPG partner Sue Willman will be talking at the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR)’s event Arbitrary Detention, Torture and Sexual Harassment of Female Activists in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday 22 January 2019 at 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ from 6pm. Sue will be...
Thames Valley Police have been found to have breached human rights following a fatal pursuit collision five years ago. Today at the County Court sitting at Central London, HHJ Baucher handed down her judgement in the case of Julie Seddon and others v The Chief Constable...
In mid-July 2018 the Government (Home Office) announced the ‘Windrush Compensation Consultation’. This Consultation is the second stage in the designing of a Government scheme to compensate Windrush migrants who despite being in the UK lawfully, have been affected by Government measures to police illegal...
On 6 November, the International Legal Assistance Consortium will be launching its Guatemala Judicial Assessment report exploring the challenges in the country including the attacks on judges and lawyers. The report examines the situation facing the judiciary and public prosecution in Guatemala after ILAC experts...
Heddwyn Hughes, 67, was a vulnerable adult who was in the care of Hywel Dda Health Trust at Carmarthen. The inquest into his death today concluded he was failed following a catastrophic injury whilst detained in a care home for people with learning disabilities. Heddwyn had...
The Home Office have backed down and agreed to the appointment of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) to undertake a bespoke and independent Article 3 ECHR-compliant investigation into abuse of detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) exposed by a BBC Panorama documentary...
In recognition of her work in discrimination cases, Louise has been nominated and shortlisted for this award run by the Equal Rights Trust. The Equal Rights Trust was established in 2007, with a mission to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a principle of...
Following our clients’ Supreme Court win in June this year, the Government has announced they will change the law and extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples. Earlier this year, Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan won their Supreme Court case to establish that the lack of civil...
In a landmark judgment concerning state surveillance, the European Court of Human Rights has today found that the UK's regime for the bulk surveillance of our telephone use, electronic communications and web activity violates the public's right to privacy. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...