On 9 September the Ministry of Justice announced that Just Solutions International (JSi) - the “commercial arm” of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) - will not pursue any new projects, but it will continue to pursue existing projects including the proposal to work with...
DPG’s Jane Deighton acts for the family of Mikey Powell who died in the custody of West Midlands Police on 7 September 2003. The family have set up a fund for families and campaign groups affected by deaths in custody across the UK. The campaign group...
As previously reported, the Gulf Center for Human Rights is challenging the legality of the UK Ministry of Justice’s ‘commercial arm’ Just Solutions International (JSi). JSi is bidding to provide prison and probation services in various countries with appalling human rights records, including Saudi Arabia and...
The Chairman Christopher Pitchford outline the terms and the process. Mr Brooks OBE has raised several initial concerns with the Secretary to the Inquiry. They are: The omission of covert recordings from the terms of reference – they appear to exclude the covert recording of Mr...
The High Court today declared that key parts of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 breach EU law and must be disapplied. The Act was rushed through parliament in one week in July 2014, allowing little time for thorough debate or civil society...
Ali Agab Nour, a Sudanese lawyer and refugee, will challenge the British Government’s decision to provide military training to the Sudanese Army today in the High Court. It is well-documented that the Sudanese Army regularly and systematically perpetrate truly appalling human rights violations including mass rape,...
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones has successfully settled its Freedom of Information Challenge to the Cross-Government Working Group on Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems’s refusal to release details of its deliberations regarding drones policy in the UK. Unusually for a FOIA case, the parties were...
A campaign started on social media highlighted the prejudice caused by State Pension Age changes for women born in the 1950s. The 1995 Conservative Government’s State Pension Act included plans to increase women’s state pension age from 60 to 65 so that it was the same...
A High Court challenge was launched today against the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) for selling its services to the Saudi Government. The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) is challenging the legality of the MOJ’s decision to bid for a contract to provide support through...
The judicial review challenge to the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (‘DRIPA’) brought by the MPs David Davis and Tom Watson is being heard today in the High Court. Deighton Pierce Glynn are representing the interveners: Open Rights Group and Privacy International; who...