Five children, age 6 months, 2, 5, 7 and 10, from three different families, are today (14 November) taking the UK government to the high court over an ’unlawful’ policy which is forcing them and their parents into destitution. The three separate cases which will be...
The Times Best Law Firms 2025 has named Deighton Pierce Glynn as one of the top three law firms in England and Wales in the practice areas of Human Rights and Administrative & Public Law. The Times writes: “The impact of the specialist civil rights and...
A jury in Bristol has concluded that the self-inflicted death of a vulnerable woman in prison was contributed to by neglect by the prison. Kayleigh Melhuish, known as Kay, was 36 years old at the time of her death. She had six children. Kay had mental...
Richard Adams and John Burke-Monerville to give evidence at the Undercover Policing Inquiry on Thursday 24 October. Richard Adams’ two sons were attacked by a gang of racists when going home from playing table tennis at their youth club on February 21 1991. Rolan, 15, was...
On 21 February 1991, Rolan Adams and his younger brother Nathan were on their way home from playing table-tennis at a local youth club when they were both brutally attacked by a gang of racist white youths. Rolan was fatally stabbed in the throat. Rolan...
DPG are delighted to congratulate Emily Soothill on her appointment to the partnership. Emily has worked in our Bristol office since September 2017 and specialises in complex group claims and public law challenges. She has brought several important cases including challenges to the legality of using Napier...
On 30 July 2024, under pressure from litigation, the Home Office finally introduced a scheme for relocating the left-behind family members of persons evacuated from Afghanistan in August 2021. For nearly 3 years, evacuees in the UK have been waiting for an immigration scheme to...
Four asylum seekers challenging the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s use of RAF Wethersfield as asylum accommodation are set to have their cases heard at a four-day trial in the Royal Courts of Justice from 23-26 July 2024. The asylum seekers were granted permission...
The parents of Natasha Abrahart have said they are “deeply offended” by University of Bristol’s refusal to apologise for contributing to the 20-year-old’s death by discriminating against her. Dr Robert Abrahart, Natasha’s father said “It feels like yet another insult from people who really only...
The Home Office has granted citizenship to DPG client Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, a prominent Bahrain Pro-Democracy and Human Rights Activist, after he challenged the lawfulness of over 3 years of delays in deciding his application. Pre-action letters challenging the lawfulness of these lengthy delays were sent...