Following David Cary’s successful case against the Met, the Mayor of London has confirmed to GLA member Andrew Dismore that he will secure the development of equality measures within the Met. See the written question and answer below: Homophobic discrimination Question No: 2016/4874 Andrew Dismore David Cary secured an impressive...
The Grand Chamber of the EU Court of Justice today gave its judgment in the legal challenge to the UK Government’s 2014 data retention law (known as ‘DRIPA’), which required communications providers to retain, in bulk, records of the public’s communications. The Court has comprehensively...
The Secretary of State for Health has settled, on the day of the trial, a judicial review claim challenging the Government’s failure to consult on the removal of exemption from NHS charges from persons receiving Home Office asylum support (section 4(1) support). It has initiated...
The jury at the inquest into the death of Tedros Kahssay yesterday concluded that a number of errors by the police, prison and healthcare staff (Care UK) contributed to Tedros’ self-inflicted death at HMP Pentonville on 19 January 2016. The jury concluded that: The Person Escort...
28 year old Tedros, a refugee originally from Eritrea, was found hanging in his cell on G wing in HMP Pentonville on 19 January 2016. The inquest into his death will be heard before a jury at St Pancras Coroner’s court from 28 November. The hearing...
The Court of Appeal's Criminal Division convened a Special Court presided over by the Lord Chief Justice and heard six conjoined appeals over 23 and 24 November 2016 against conviction and sentence brought by appellants who are victims of trafficking. Judgment has been reserved. Our client...
The High Court has given permission in a claim seeking to tackle the exceptionally high suicide rate at HMP Woodhill. The rate of suicide at the prison has been the highest in the whole prison estate for two years. The High Court has given permission...
The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the NAT (National AIDS Trust) in a judgment that confirms that NHS England can legally fund the HIV prevention drug PrEP. This decision means that NHS England is obliged to give due consideration to commissioning PrEP. This...
For the third time, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has agreed that Watford Council can appropriate the Farm Terrace Allotment site for a development, despite two previous decisions having been quashed by the High Court after the plot-holders challenged them. The...
Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Kiedan will have their appeal heard over two days to try to change the law so that they can have a civil partnership. Under current UK law, all couples have the right to marry, however only same-sex couples can form civil partnerships....