The Guardian has reported today that reforms will be introduced to the British Nationality Act 1981, which will give the Home Secretary and her agents discretion to waive residence requirements that have led to Windrush migrants like our client, Trevor Donald, being refused citizenship. This is...
Polly Glynn spoke to the BBC Radio documentary programme, File on 4, about the problems with the UK’s system of asylum support. You can listen to the programme here. DPG’s migrant support work includes our innovative PAP scheme, which you can read more about here....
On Wednesday 17 March 2021, the Divisional Court will hear a judicial review challenge brought by a 5-year-old black British child and his mother against the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s policy which bars most British children from receiving welfare benefits if their...
Permission to apply for judicial review has been granted to our client to challenge the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision not to prosecute her trafficker who exploited her by making her work excessive hours for very little pay. Our client was recognised as a victim of...
Our client, Trevor Donald, is a Windrush migrant who arrived in the UK lawfully in 1967 and lived in the UK continuously from his arrival until 2010. On 1 January 1973, the Immigration Act 1971 came into force. The effect of the Act was that...
Deighton Pierce Glynn have responded to the government’s review of the Human Rights Act . This is an important piece of legislation that has helped many thousands of people to get justice. It is important to note that the government is not proposing abolishing the...
DPG like its various colleagues will be celebrating International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021. Doughty Street Chambers are hosting an event on 6 March 2021 to discuss what more can be done to support and promote women’s rights domestically and internationally. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-womens-day-celebration-2021-tickets-139662172317...
The High Court has ruled that the government has acted unlawfully by failing to disclose details of Covid-related contracts until forced to do so by litigation. We represented the Good Law Project and a cross-party group of three MPs - Debbie Abrahams, Caroline Lucas, and Layla...
Six asylum seekers who brought claims against the Home Secretary after being accommodated at the controversial Napier Barracks have today been granted permission to proceed with their claims to trial. The Claimants challenge the use of Napier Barracks to house asylum seekers on five grounds, including...
A deputy High Court judge today ordered that an asylum seeker and potential victim of trafficking who is housed at the Napier army barracks in Kent must be urgently re-housed in alternative adequate accommodation within 24 hours. The Claimant is an asylum seeker and potential victim...