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Water charges update: Southwark adjourns possession claims

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06 July, 2016

Inquest Jury conclude that prison failings contributed to the death of Michael Cook

Following over two weeks of evidence an inquest jury sitting in Maidstone concluded that 40 year old Michael Cook, who was found hanging in his cell in HMP Elmley on 22 March 2014, took his own life and that the breakdown of his relationship and...

16 June, 2016

Water charge test case: council to repay £28.6m

Following a test case brought by DPG client Kim Jones, on 7 June 2016 councillors in the London Borough of Southwark agreed to repay £28.6 million to tenants unlawfully overcharged for water and sewerage over a 12 year period. This decision opens the way for...

09 June, 2016

National Aids Trust takes court action over PrEP funding

PrEP has been described as a “game-changing” drug, following trials which have unequivocally demonstrated that it reduces the risk of transmission of HIV. After over 18 months of collaborative work involving NAT and many others, NHS England suddenly and unexpectedly pulled the plug on the...

07 June, 2016

British Army role in Guatemalan civil war uncovered

Dan Carey of Deighton Pierce Glynn assisted a press investigation into evidence of British Army assistance to the Guatemalan government in the 1980s. Former head of state Rios Montt has for several years faced Genocide charges in the Guatemalan courts, the first time that a...

02 June, 2016

Inquest into the death of Elliott Johnson (dec’d)

The Senior Coroner of Bedfordshire, Tom Osborne, recorded that Elliott Johnson died on 15 September 2015 on a railway track at Sandy railway station and the medical cause of death was severe traumatic injuries to the head. He was satisfied that Elliott intended to take...

31 May, 2016

European Court of Human Rights ruling – unlawful detention by the UK

The European Court of Human Rights has today ruled that the Home Office had unlawfully detained our client from mid-2008 to 14 September 2009. In making this finding the Court disagreed with the UK domestic court who found that detention had only become unlawful on...

19 May, 2016

Inquest into the death of Michael Cook, who died at HMP Elmley, starts Monday 9 May 2016

Mid Kent and Medway Coroner’s Court Archbishops Palace, Mill Street, Maidstone, ME15 6YE Before Assistant Coroner Ian Wade QC 40 year old Michael Cook, from London, was found hanging in his cell in HMP Elmley on 22 March 2014. The inquest into his death will be heard before...

09 May, 2016

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Operation Nexus challenge

The Home Office and the Police are cracking down on EEA nationals in the UK under an unpublished policy. DPG has been instructed by the AIRE centre to advise on challenging Operation Nexus which is supposed to be used to by the Home Office and Police to...

28 April, 2016

Supreme Court rules on detention of mentally ill

In an important decision handed down on 27 April 2016, the Supreme Court has provided positive new guidance on how the Home Office should assess whether the detention of mentally ill foreign nationals is being satisfactorily managed. The appeal to the Supreme Court was brought by...

27 April, 2016

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