Tingdene Marinas Limited v JM Jaffe Our client's successful application to the First Tier Tribunal (residential property) for the Mobile Home Act to apply to her agreement with the marina owners Tingdene and provide her with some protection has been upheld by the Upper Tribunal. [caption id="attachment_8209"...
R (oao Z & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Southwark LBC (Interested Party) Four families who were ‘called forward’ by the UK for evacuation from Afghanistan last year are bringing a judicial review against the Home Office for their mismanagement of...
We are very excited to announce that Bharine Kalsi, one of the leading human rights lawyers in the country, has been appointed a Partner in our firm. Her approach to her work, her clients and her colleagues embodies the values that underpin DPG’s work, so...
The inquest into the death of 25-year-old Alex Braund concluded on 30 November, with the jury finding that neglect contributed to Alex’s death. Alex was remanded to Nottingham Prison on 15 February 2020, fit and well. He became unwell around 6 March and on Saturday 7...
A group of families evacuated from Afghanistan last year have been granted permission to proceed with a legal challenge against the Home Office for mismanaging the scheme set up to support their settlement and integration to UK society. Last month, a group of families were moved...
Please click here for the full release published by City University of London. Brigesa Ujkaj, a student on the Bar Vocational Studies course at The City Law School is the first recipient of the Stephen Knafler QC Scholarship. The scholarship was set up in memory of the...
In a newly published judgment, the High Court has strongly criticised the Home Office for multiple breaches of its duty of candour and its duty not to mislead the court. The breaches occurred during judicial review litigation challenging the lawfulness of a blanket policy of...
The Court of Appeal has allowed our client's appeal having concluded that the planning policy definition of 'Gypsies and Travellers' adopted by the government in 2015 discriminated against elderly and disabled members of the Gypsy and Traveller communities, by requiring them to demonstrate that they...
Following its judgment on 25 March 2022, the High Court on Friday reaffirmed the serious unlawfulness involved in Home Office blanket seizures of mobile phones from all migrants entering the UK by small boat. The policy, operated during 2020, resulted in the seizure of nearly...
The Home Office recently agreed to pay substantial damages to our client who was trafficked to the UK and whose trafficking indicators were missed by the Home Office. Our client (anonymised as ‘AX’) suffered multiple periods of trafficking as a domestic worker, both overseas and in...