Welcome to the first post of DPG’s new legal blog series! As the UK’s legal and political landscape continues to evolve, we will use this platform to unpick the implications of developments in legislation and public decision-making through the lens of civil and fundamental human...
London, 10 June 2025 Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK), represented by Deighton Pierce Glynn solicitors, yesterday formally resubmitted its request to the UK Foreign Secretary to impose targeted sanctions against Israeli government ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir. The new submission builds...
On 21-23 May 2025 the High Court will hear a judicial review regarding the operation of the ‘Triples Review’: the UK government process of re-assessing its blanket refusals of protection applications made by members of the Afghan ‘Triples’ forces: an elite Afghan regiment funded, equipped...
Amnesty International UK and Human Rights Watch Intervene in Landmark Case A four-day judicial review hearing has begun at the High Court in London to examine the legality of the UK government’s continued arms exports to Israel. The case, brought by Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq,...
An independent inquiry commenced on 17 March 2025 to investigate the poor conditions at the “Manston Short-Term Holding Facility” – a large camp on a former military base set-up in February 2022 to detain newly arrived asylum seekers. Between June 2022 and November 2022 Manston became...
DPG has given evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s (“HASC”) inquiry into asylum accommodation. The HASC’s inquiry is focusing on how asylum accommodation is currently delivered by the Home Office through its private contractors (Clearsprings Ready Homes, Mears and Serco), and what lessons can...
Last year, Esther Loukin, represented by Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors, brought a judicial review against North East Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust (“NEAS”), East of England Ambulance Service Trust (“EEAST”) and NHS England. She challenged: NEAS and EEAST’s failure to have a system or policy in...
Congratulations Sue Willman. These awards are for those who have made a major contribution to the law of England and Wales, outside practice in the courts. Sue was nominated for founding the Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP), providing free representation to destitute asylum-seekers. As well as for...