The Court of Appeal begins a two day hearing on 22 October 2015 to consider the lawfulness of key parts of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (‘DRIPA’). The High Court found in July that the power in DRIPA which permits the government...
The PAP project, initially run with the British Red Cross and funded through the Big Lottery, is now expanded to run with ASAP and funded through Barings. It is an innovative project where front line organisations are provided with training and supervision to enable them...
The firm has supported the struggle for human rights in Colombia since 2008 when Sue Willman joined an international delegation of lawyers with the Colombian Caravana UK lawyers group, visiting Colombia at the request of local human rights defenders/lawyers who faced daily threats and attacks...
The Roma Support Group has obtained funding for a project to develop the Roma community’s knowledge about their rights by training delivered by DPG solicitors. In addition we will be providing supervision for their caseworkers on housing issues arising....
The Court of Appeal has declined to rule on the lawfulness of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (‘DRIPA’) and opted instead to refer the key issues to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU). DRIPA permits the government to require telecommunications providers...
Last week, shortly before the High Court was due to hear a ground-breaking case on local authorities powers towards victims of human trafficking, Bristol City Council accepted that local authorities in England and Wales bear responsibility to provide welfare support to victims of trafficking where...
Following an inquest heard at Reading Town Hall before HM Senior Coroner for Berkshire, Peter J. Bedford, the jury found that Matthew Seddon (aged 19) was being pursued by police on 11 February 2013 when his car collided with a barrier on A33. Due to...
The IPCC has published a review of its investigation into the police handling of events leading to the domestic homicide of Rachael Slack and her two year old son Auden. It found a number of inadequacies in relation to the original IPCC investigation, which concluded...
Deighton Pierce Glynn has been instructed by Rights Watch UK to challenge the Prime Minister’s amendments to the Ministerial Code, which remove the reference to Ministers’ duty to uphold international law, Treaty obligations and the administration of justice. The Ministerial Code is a document issued by...
HHJ Hand has ruled that the Home Office unlawfully detained and discriminated against a severely-disabled DPG client on two separate occasions. Our client, St Clair Toussaint, was first detained in an immigration detention centre for a week in February 2012. During this time, the Home Office...