In a newly published judgment, the High Court has strongly criticised the Home Office for multiple breaches of its duty of candour and its duty not to mislead the court. The breaches occurred during judicial review litigation challenging the lawfulness of a blanket policy of...
The Court of Appeal has allowed our client's appeal having concluded that the planning policy definition of 'Gypsies and Travellers' adopted by the government in 2015 discriminated against elderly and disabled members of the Gypsy and Traveller communities, by requiring them to demonstrate that they...
Following its judgment on 25 March 2022, the High Court on Friday reaffirmed the serious unlawfulness involved in Home Office blanket seizures of mobile phones from all migrants entering the UK by small boat. The policy, operated during 2020, resulted in the seizure of nearly...
The Home Office recently agreed to pay substantial damages to our client who was trafficked to the UK and whose trafficking indicators were missed by the Home Office. Our client (anonymised as ‘AX’) suffered multiple periods of trafficking as a domestic worker, both overseas and in...
A former interpreter for the British military in Afghanistan has won his High Court case challenging the Home Office’s refusal to grant him a visa to enter and live in the UK. Our client, “ALO”, had applied under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (“ARAP”)...
The inquest into the death of 43-year-old Brett Lowe concluded on Monday 22 August 2022, with the jury finding that Brett’s death was preventable and there was gross failure to take basic steps to safeguard Brett, with prison staff consistently failing to execute their responsibilities....
The High Court has granted permission to proceed with a challenge to an undisclosed Home Office policy which states that asylum seekers can only be dispersed from temporary hotel accommodation on an “expedited” basis if there are “exceptional circumstances.” The Claimant, a destitute asylum seeker and...
Today, the Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the case of Hubert Howard (deceased) (substituted by Maresha Howard Rose) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department. This was an appeal by the Secretary of State of the High Court decision...
The Supreme Court opens the door for exploited domestic workers in diplomatic household to obtain compensation in a landmark decision today. The Supreme Court has decided that diplomats who profit by exploiting their workers in conditions of modern slavery cannot rely on diplomatic immunity to stop...
In a judgment handed-down on 24 June 2022, the High Court has ruled that the Home Secretary’s decision in August 2021 to grant herself planning permission to use Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent for 5 years was unlawful. Up until August 2021, Napier Barracks had been...