Our client has set up a CrowdJustice page to raise funds for their case against the Government. We are requesting that the Government immediately stops the export of tear gas, rubber bullets, and other potentially lethal equipment, until there is no longer any risk that...
The Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings are now taking place. The opening speech about our clients was given by Rajiv Menon QC, and can be viewed here. DPG's Jane Deighton is acting for clients Audrey, Richard, and Nathan Adams, Mr Duwayne Brooks OBE, and Ken Livingstone. Read...
Deighton Pierce Glynn is proud to have been listed as one of the 200 Best Law Firms 2021, as compiled by The Times. The firm is commended for administrative & public law and human rights and our profile refers to key cases the firm is currently...
The Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings finally started on Monday 2 November and will begin with 7 days of opening speeches. DPG represent a number of core participants the Inquiry: Ken Livingstone, Mr Duwayne Brooks OBE, Nathan Adams, Audrey Adams and Richard Adams. Our opening speech will be...
Deighton Pierce Glynn have responded to the “review of judicial review” set up by the government – the Independent Review of Administrative Law– stressing the importance of judicial review for our clients, many of whom are vulnerable or marginalised or have been victims of serious...
It is with shock and sadness that we have learnt of the death of Stephen Knafler QC. Stephen worked tirelessly with us for over two decades acting in ground-breaking litigation which set a framework for promoting and defending the fundamental right of migrants (and others) to...
In a judgment handed down today the Court of Appeal has confirmed last November’s High Court judgment that Kingston Council is liable to local authority tenants for water overcharges dating back to 1 April 2002. The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in the...
Court proceedings have now been issued by our clients The Good Law Project and 3 cross-party MPs – Debbie Abrahams, Caroline Lucas and Layla Moran – challenging the government’s routine failure to publish details of contracts awarded in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic response. The Claimants...
The Home Office has backed down on its plans to detain Osime Brown pending deportation. This is an important step in the fight for justice for Osime being waged by his mother, Joan Martin, and a growing body of supporters from anti-racist protestors, disability rights...
The Brook House Inquiry – the first of its kind – will hold its first virtual preliminary hearing at 2pm today, Friday 25 September 2020. The Brook House Inquiry is the first public inquiry into immigration detention in the United Kingdom. It’s first preliminary hearing...
The Court found today that the retention of data by the Metropolitan Police Service on a 16-year-old child (known as II) from the age of 11 was unlawful and a disproportionate interference with his right to private life; namely, that it was a breach of...