DSD and NBV brought claims against the Metropolitan police for a litany of failings after they reported being sexually assaulted by the serial taxi rapist, John Worboys. Their claim succeeded in the High Court but the police appealed. In the Supreme Court, the Home Secretary...
Following a hearing in December 2017, the Court of Appeal has declared the data retention provision of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (“DRIPA”) to be unlawful, following the landmark judgment of the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU...
We have today applied to the High Court for judicial review of the refusal by the Home Secretary to announce a public inquiry into incidents of abuse at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre. In September 2017 the BBC Panorama programme “Undercover: Britain’s Immigration Secrets” exposed shocking...
The Times has recognised Daniel Carey, Associate Solicitor at Deighton Pierce Glynn, as their “Lawyer of the Week” for his work representing Rights Watch (UK) in the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber. The case concerned a Freedom of Information Act appeal against a refusal by...
On 18 January 2018, Mr Justice Walker sitting in the High Court declared as unlawful the requirement for a “nomination form” in order for cohabitees to secure survivor pensions under the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales. The decision affects the position of...
The Home Office has agreed to pay an asylum seeker £15,500 in damages for unlawfully sharing confidential documentation regarding his persecution in his country of origin with the authorities there, in a bid to verify the documents’ authenticity. Deighton Pierce Glynn represented an asylum seeker in...
A disability rights campaigner has issued judicial review proceedings in the High Court challenging the government’s decision to cap support for disabled people in work under the Access to Work Scheme. David Buxton, a Deaf BSL user and CEO of the charity Action on Disability,...
The Upper Tribunal has issued its decision in the Freedom of Information Act appeal by Rights Watch (UK) against the government’s refusal to disclose its lethal drone strike legal advice. Although the Tribunal refused to order disclosure of the advice, it made significant rulings regarding the...