BBC London has reported on the further developments in DPG’s Southwark water overcharging case in their evening and late TV news bulletins on 23 August 2016. Southwark Council is now in the process of paying back £28 million to 74,000 tenants who were overcharged. However, in...
Court papers have been filed to begin the third round of legal action to save an allotment site in Watford from development, in a case that is likely to have national ramifications for allotment protection. For the third time, the Secretary of State for Communities and...
The Conservative Party have released a summary of a report into allegations of bullying, harassment and inappropriate behaviour following the death of Conservative activist Elliott Johnson in September 2015. An inquest earlier this year a Coroner ruled that Elliott had committed suicide. He left notes to...
A letter has been sent to the UK government warning of possible judicial review proceedings regarding the training provided by the UK College of Policing to the Bahrain police, amid concerns that it fails to protect against human rights risks. Moosa Mohammed, a Bahraini pro-democracy activist...
The High Court has decided that NHS England’s controversial decision that it does not have the power to fund Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV was wrong. Subject to any appeal, NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will now decide whether to prioritise PrEP for commissioning later...
Daniel Smith talks to the Guardian about his experiences of how the state responds to disability hate crime. Daniel’s solicitor Sarah Ricca said, ‘The inadequate and discriminatory treatment that victims of disability hate crime receive from the authorities is well-documented. Daniel is determined to see things...
On 21 July 2016 the Supreme Court allowed an application by DPG client Denise Brewster to instruct lawyers on a conditional fee basis in her appeal. Mrs Brewster lives in Northern Ireland. She is appealing to the Supreme Court a decision of the Court of Appeal...
Interest in the outcome of NAT’s challenge to NHS England’s controversial decision that it does not have the power to fund Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV remains high. The hearing took place on 13 July 2016, and judgment is expected within the next couple of...
Allotment holders in Watford are fighting a third attempt by the Council to build on an allotment site that has served heavily-urbanised West Watford for 120 years. For the third time, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has agreed that Watford Council can...
The Advocate General today gave his opinion in the legal challenge to the UK Government’s data retention law, which requires communications providers to retain, in bulk, records of the public’s communications. In his opinion, the UK’s law falls far short of EU law data privacy...