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Coroner issues Prevention of Future Death report to West Midlands Police over flawed emergency call system

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04 February, 2020

Government faces court challenge over access to justice

Ministers face a legal challenge this week on the costs victims of discrimination face when pursuing claims under the Equality Act, from disabled campaigner Esther Leighton When organisations like shops or restaurants breach the Equality Act and discriminate against someone, it is up to individuals...

27 January, 2020

Thousands of asylum seekers potentially entitled to compensation for unlawful detention following Supreme Court ruling

On 27 November 2019, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a decision of the Court of Appeal that the detention of asylum seekers between 1 January 2014 and 15 March 2017 pending removal to another EU state under the Dublin III Regulation was unlawful. This is...

27 January, 2020

Government needs to do more to clamp down on transnational child abuse by UK nationals

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (‘IICSA’) has issued its report about the use of civil orders, disclosure and barring and extra territorial prosecutions of child sex offenders. The IICSA report has issued recommendations to the Government which include to ‘coordinate the development of a...

10 January, 2020

Refusal of Student Loan due to immigration status was discriminatory

Our client successfully challenged her refusal of a student loan by way of judicial review. After being granted humanitarian protection (a form of leave to remain in the UK) in recognition that returning to her country of origin would breach her human rights, our client was...

18 December, 2019

Government accepts that babies should not have been charged for life-saving treatment

Last year two babies were born prematurely, and had to spend the first few months of their lives in intensive care. They were left with significant ongoing health problems for which they require regular treatment. Almost a year later their parents, who have leave to remain...

17 December, 2019

Jury highlights failures at the inquest into death of Chris Carpenter at HMP Woodhill

The inquest into the death of 34-year-old Chris Carpenter concluded yesterday with the jury finding failures by prison and healthcare staff in the run up to Chris’s death on 18th August 2018. Christopher was the last of four men to die in the prison in...

12 December, 2019

High Court hears challenge to systemic delays in child asylum claims

On 10-12 December 2019 the High Court is hearing a judicial review challenging substantial and systematic delays by the Home office in deciding asylum applications made by unaccompanied children. Statistics show that applications by unaccompanied children have routinely taken well in excess of a year to...

11 December, 2019