The Supreme Court opens the door for exploited domestic workers in diplomatic household to obtain compensation in a landmark decision today. The Supreme Court has decided that diplomats who profit by exploiting their workers in conditions of modern slavery cannot rely on diplomatic immunity to stop...
In a judgment handed-down on 24 June 2022, the High Court has ruled that the Home Secretary’s decision in August 2021 to grant herself planning permission to use Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent for 5 years was unlawful. Up until August 2021, Napier Barracks had been...
On 20 June 2022, the High Court upheld an application for judicial review brought by a mother and her two British children against the Home Office’s NRPF policy on the basis that it still fails to comply with the legal obligation to safeguard and promote...
We are delighted that DPG’s Trainee, Ahmed Ali, has passed all exams with flying colours, completed his training and has accepted a permanent position as a solicitor here. Before joining DPG in 2017, Ahmed worked at non-government organisations conducting research relating to democracy and human rights in...
Today, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (“GCHR”) and Deighton Pierce Glynn (“DPG”) published a report titled Accountability for Torture in Bahrain: A Call for Magnitsky Sanctions. The report’s focus is on the application and use of the UK ‘Magnitsky’ style sanctions regime against Bahraini...
We are pleased to announce that Sue Willman was given an award for Outstanding Achievement at the Modern Law Awards, presented by Law Society President Stephanie Boyce. After thanking her trainee, almost solicitor Ahmed Ali, Sue used the opportunity of the event to highlight the poor...
In a landmark judgment today the High Court found the Home Office’s blanket policy of seizing mobile phones from all migrants entering the UK by small boat to be unlawful. The policy, operated during 2020, resulted in the seizure of nearly 2000 phones from affected...
The Divisional Court has ruled today that the CPS’s decision not to prosecute our client’s former employer who exploited her by forcing her to work excessive hours for very little pay, was unlawful. Our client was a domestic worker who had come the UK with her...
The UK government are consulting on replacing the Human Rights Act 1998 with a new “Bill of Rights”. We have responded to the consultation stressing the constitutional importance of universal rights protections and the dangers posed by the proposals, which would allow the government to...
Judgment handed down in judicial review claim brought by DPG client Catherine Lewis confirms that Aarhus Convention cost protection applies. The Administrative Court in Wales today decided in favour of environmental activist Catherine Lewis, overturning a costs order against her of £30,328.50. Mr Justice Eyre decided that...