DPG has issued judicial review proceedings on behalf of private hire driver Julius Mugabo, challenging Transport for London’s (TfL) repeated failure to renew drivers’ licences on time. TfL has, for many months, consistently failed to renew private hire drivers’ licences before they expired, effectively preventing them...
Welcome to DPG’s third post in our legal blog series. This month’s blog focuses on the Government’s White Paper which outlines proposed changes to the UK immigration system. It critiques the dangerous use of demonising and divisive rhetoric surrounding migration, especially in the wake of...
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Before HM Assistant Coroner Bernard Richmond KC Inner West London Coroners Court 23 July – 6 August 2025 CONTENT WARNING: This press release contains themes of self-harm and suicide Rajwinder entered HMP Wandsworth on 9 June 2023, at a time when it was governed by Katie Price, and before...
An inquest into the death of Rajwinder Singh, a 36-year-old father of three who died in custody at HMP Wandsworth, will open on Wednesday 23rd July 2025 at Inner West London Coroner’s Court. The hearing, before HM Assistant Coroner Bernard Richmond KC, is expected to last...
This is an update regarding the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy ("ARAP"). Our separate update regarding our client's recent successful judicial review of the ARAP "Triples Review" is here. At 12:00 on 15 July 2025, the UK Government revealed a major data breach involving the...
DPG are instructed by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (‘IWGB’), which represents private hire drivers on apps such as Uber and Bolt, to challenge the systemic and ongoing delays in TfL’s licensing system for private hire drivers. TfL’s current policy requires private hire drivers to...
The High Court has given an important judgment regarding applications for protection under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (“ARAP”). In particular, those made by members of Afghan ‘Triples’ forces: elite Afghan regiments funded, equipped and trained by the UK and working alongside UK Special...
On Monday 30 June 2025 the High Court gave its judgment in a judicial review claim regarding UK arms exports to Israel, brought by the Palestinian human rights organisation, Al-Haq. The claimant argued that UK arms exports to Israel were enabling its invasion of Gaza,...
Welcome to DPG’s second post in our new legal blog series. This month’s blog focuses on new police misconduct legislation and gives an insight into the police complaints system as a whole. Amendments to the police misconduct rules On 28 May 2025 amendments to the Police (Conduct)...