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)...
On 21 – 23 May 2025 the High Court heard a judicial review challenging the UK Government’s handling of the Triples Review, a process established to reconsider blanket refusals of protection applications submitted by members of the Afghan ‘Triples’ forces. These elite units were trained,...
The country’s largest police force has paid five-figure damages to a woman who challenged its investigation into complaints of rape and domestic abuse she made against her then husband. The woman, who is in her 40s and calling herself Emma to protect her identity, reported to...
Welcome to the first post of DPG’s new legal blog series! As the UK’s legal and political landscape continues to evolve, we will use this platform to unpick the implications of developments in legislation and public decision-making through the lens of civil and fundamental human...