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...
Deighton Pierce Glynn have provided a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, calling for practical reforms to enhance accountability for corporate human rights violations. The Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Human Rights is conducting an inquiry into human rights and business, examining...
A High Court legal challenge by a service user represented by DPG has forced Manchester Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust and the three Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups to withdraw their decisions to cut seven specialist mental health services in the area. The services, which...
This Wednesday 13 July 2016, the National Aids Trust (NAT) is taking NHS England to court for refusing to provide a type of medication called PrEP which has been described as a “game changer” in the fight against HIV. PrEP can reduce the transmission of HIV...
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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...