The jury in the inquest into the killing of Cherylee Shennan has unanimously concluded that the authorities’ failure to recall her killer after her family reported domestic violence contributed to her death. Cherylee, aged 40, was subjected to a brutal attack by Paul O’Hara at her...
R on the application of ASK & MDA v Secretary of State for the Home Department On 16 July 2019 the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment which raised important issues concerning the powers of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to...
The UK government’s bulk surveillance practices come under scrutiny on Wednesday 10 July 2019 before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. The landmark hearing – almost six years to the day since Edward Snowden first disclosed details of UK and US...
On Thursday 4 July 2019 DPG acting for the Good Law Project will be at the Court of Appeal for an appeal brought by the Electoral Commission against the High Court’s decision that it got the law wrong when it regulated the EU Referendum. The appeal...
An inquest jury yesterday delivered a damning conclusion after hearing evidence over 6 days about Andrew’s time in Nottingham prison in August and September 2017. Andrew was found hanging in his cell on the prison’s induction wing of HMP Nottingham on 12 September 2017, and...
We have written to the Children’s Commissioner and asked her to investigate the Home Office’s ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ policy – a key plank of Theresa May’s hostile environment – following the recent report showing its shocking impact on children. In 2012 the then Home...
The jury in the inquest into the double shooting of Christine and Lucy Lee has unanimously concluded that five different failings by Surrey police contributed to the two women’s deaths. Christine (66) and Lucy (40) were shot by John Lowe on 23 February 2014 at Keepers...
The Court of Appeal today decided that the decision by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) (formerly BiZ) to authorise arms exports to Saudi Arabia for potential use in Yemen was unlawful because the government had not taken into account Saudi Arabia’s past record...
The ECtHR has ruled on the plight of migrant children trapped in degrading conditions of detention in Greece caused in part by the closure of the Balkans corridor into the rest of Europe. Our client, Statewatch, submitted a third party intervention on this important case. DPG...
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