An 8-year-old British boy – supported by his migrant mother – has today won a ruling that the policy denying families like his access to the welfare safety net is unlawful. The judges in the case heard that the boy, whose identity is protected by an...
See here an article by our Jane Deighton and Lord Hendy QC published in the Law Society Gazette. The Government says it is straining sinews to procure more PPE. The media are spilling tears over the plight of inadequately protected health and care workers. We applaud...
On Wednesday 6 May, an 8-year-old British boy – supported by his mother - will take the UK Home Office to court over its policy of denying families like his access to the welfare safety net. The ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy, as it is...
Next week the High Court will decide whether to suspend the Home Office’s ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ policy so that people affected by it have a social security safety net if they have to stop working. As previously reported, the High Court will finally consider...
Inquiry Chair, Ms Kate Eves officially launches the start of the Inquiry with her Opening Statement and Call for Evidence. The official launch comes following the Government converting the Prison and Probation Ombudsman investigation of Brook House into a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005...
As a result of our client’s litigation, the Home Office amended its Immigration Bail policy at the end of February 2020 to confirm that Schedule 10 applications for non-detained nationals should be determined within 5 days or less, and within 2 days for vulnerable groups...
In response to a letter sent by us on behalf of our client, the government has confirmed that thousands more children will receive free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Free school meals are available to children whose families receive certain means-tested benefits such as Universal...
Today's high court case, supported by The Unity Project and brought by our client – the child of a single mother - had sought an urgent suspension of the 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF) policy, to allow those who are now unable to work...
The Unity Project is backing an emergency high court hearing today calling for immediate suspension of the Home Office's brutal 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF), which is denying tens of thousands of working families access to the welfare safety net during the coronavirus outbreak. The...
On 18 March 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of MS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020]UKSC 9. MS was subjected to years of forced labour and physical abuse when living in Pakistan. His abusers brought him...