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Jury finds ‘systemic failures’ at Heathrow IRC contributed to death of immigration detainee Marcin Gwozdzinski

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12 June, 2019

Inquest into the death of Marcus McGuire at HMP Birmingham opens today

Before HM Coroner Emma Brown Birmingham and Solihull Coroners Court 50 Newton St, Birmingham B4 6NE Opens 10 June 2019 Scheduled for five – six days Marcus McGuire was 35 years old when he died on 24 April 2018. He was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Birmingham and...

10 June, 2019

Inquest into the death of Shane Stroughton at HMP Nottingham in 2017 to start on 3 June

Before HM Assistant Coroner for Nottinghamshire, Ivan Cartwright The Council House, Old Market Square, Nottingham NG1 2DT Starts 3 June 2019, expected to last 7 days 29 year old Shane Stroughton was found hanged in his cell on the induction unit of HMP Nottingham on 13 September 2017....

31 May, 2019

High Court Rules on Trafficking Victims Test Case

The High Court is to rule on whether the Home Office’s new ‘scheduling rule’ is incompatible with the international Convention implemented by the UK to combat the trafficking in human beings and whether the new rule discriminates against victims of trafficking who have made an...

23 May, 2019

Inquest opens today into Surrey Police’s involvement in events prior to murder of Christine and Lucy Lee

The inquest opens today into the double shooting of Christine Lee and her daughter Lucy on 23 February 2014. Christine and Lucy were shot by John Lowe using shotguns that were removed and then returned by Surrey police seven months before the murders. The inquest...

23 May, 2019

Court of Appeal hears ‘Serious Shortage Protocols’ Case

On Friday 10 May 2019 the Court of Appeal will hear the application to appeal against the High Court’s decision to refuse a challenge to the legality of the Government’s powers to make Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) that would allow pharmacists to alter prescriptions for...

10 May, 2019

Brook House Investigation Judicial Review – Final Hearing

MA v Secretary of State for the Home Department (CO/2710/2017); BB v Secretary of State for the Home Department (CO/382/2018). The High Court is to rule on whether the Home Office’s poor response to the appalling mistreatment of detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, exposed...

01 May, 2019

Home Truths: the Response of the Law to Domestic Violence

The Law Society Gazette have published an article titled 'Home Truths' exploring the uneven response of the law to domestic violence. It considers some of the advances made in the context of inquests and civil claims against the state, with insight from Deighton Pierce Glynn’s...

17 April, 2019