The inquest touching upon the death of Jessica Powell has concluded, with the jury finding that the acute mental health ward in which she was detained failed to adequately supervise and secure a room which was fitted with windows that Jessica might reasonably believe she...
3 December 2024 The parents of Jessica Powell are hoping that an upcoming inquest will answer their questions about their daughter’s death following an incident on a mental health ward 4 years ago. Jessica died on 22 August 2020 following an incident on 19 August 2020 at...
The High Court has declared the Home Office’s system for deciding ‘Change of Conditions’ applications unlawful, finding that it breaches Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights because the Home Office “does not have an adequate system in place to reduce, to a...
Deighton Pierce Glynn is proud to support the University of Law’s groundbreaking Human Rights and Technology Research Clinic. Launched in collaboration with Privacy International, this innovative initiative allows students to explore the intersection of technology and human rights, tackling urgent legal and ethical challenges. Seventeen students...
The inquest has concluded into the death of Amir Safi, an Afghan national, who had sought asylum in the UK. He died of injuries sustained in a collision after he was seen walking on an M1 slip road at about 4:30am on 28 April 2023,...
Five children, age 6 months, 2, 5, 7 and 10, from three different families, are today (14 November) taking the UK government to the high court over an ’unlawful’ policy which is forcing them and their parents into destitution. The three separate cases which will be...
The Times Best Law Firms 2025 has named Deighton Pierce Glynn as one of the top three law firms in England and Wales in the practice areas of Human Rights and Administrative & Public Law. The Times writes: “The impact of the specialist civil rights and...
A jury in Bristol has concluded that the self-inflicted death of a vulnerable woman in prison was contributed to by neglect by the prison. Kayleigh Melhuish, known as Kay, was 36 years old at the time of her death. She had six children. Kay had mental...
Richard Adams and John Burke-Monerville to give evidence at the Undercover Policing Inquiry on Thursday 24 October. Richard Adams’ two sons were attacked by a gang of racists when going home from playing table tennis at their youth club on February 21 1991. Rolan, 15, was...
On 21 February 1991, Rolan Adams and his younger brother Nathan were on their way home from playing table-tennis at a local youth club when they were both brutally attacked by a gang of racist white youths. Rolan was fatally stabbed in the throat. Rolan...