The UK government are consulting on replacing the Human Rights Act 1998 with a new “Bill of Rights”. We have responded to the consultation stressing the constitutional importance of universal rights protections and the dangers posed by the proposals, which would allow the government to...
Judgment handed down in judicial review claim brought by DPG client Catherine Lewis confirms that Aarhus Convention cost protection applies. The Administrative Court in Wales today decided in favour of environmental activist Catherine Lewis, overturning a costs order against her of £30,328.50. Mr Justice Eyre decided that...
The Home Office has suspended its policy of switching people from the 5 year to the 10 year family route to settlement if they need recourse to public funds, pending a review of that policy. The ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy, as it is known,...
On 15 February 2022 the Supreme Court hears the case of Coughlan v Minister for the Cabinet Office, a judicial review challenging the UK government’s introduction of voter ID schemes during UK local elections in May 2019. The claimant in the case argues that clear...
Our clients' judicial review of the Home Office's blanket seizure of mobile phones of all migrants entering the UK by small boat is being heard by the High Court (Divisional Court) from Tuesday 25 to Friday 28 January 2022. The policy and practices continued throughout...
DPG is instructed by Gingerbread, the leading charity working with single parent families in the UK, to intervene in an appeal to the Supreme Court in respect of the decision of the Court of Appeal in Salvato v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions...
Our clients, a bereaved family, have secured a compensation payment of £95,000 in settlement of a compensation claim brought against two hospitals, both of whom refused to provide their relative with chemotherapy after she was diagnosed with cancer, unless she paid tens of thousands of...
The High Court has granted permission for a judicial review to proceed to a full hearing challenging the Home Office’s decision, without consultation, to continue using Napier Barracks as asylum accommodation for a further five years. The Claimant is a local resident and a lead volunteer...