Judgment has now been handed down after an 8-year-old British boy – supported by his migrant mother – won a ruling that the policy denying families like his access to the social security safety net is unlawful. On 7 May 2020 the High Court indicated that...
On Friday 15th November, the High Court ruled as unlawful the Home Office policy relating to victims of trafficking seeking a reconsideration of a negative decision, which restricted those requests only via a First Responder or Support Provider. Now the Home Office has agreed that...
DPG has successfully represented a victim of serious crime whose personal information was shared by a public inquiry with third parties in a serious personal data breach. The effect of the public inquiry’s data breach prevented DPG’s client from seeking accountability for the serious crimes of...
Following a threat of legal action by our client, Doug Paulley, the Office for Rail & Road (ORR) has confirmed it will re-consult on whether to require train companies to ensure all rail replacement buses are fully accessible. On 27 July 2019, following a lengthy consultation...
One of the successes from our ground breaking PAP scheme is reported in the local newspapers in Bristol. This case, a rare good news story about asylum support, was supported by Jacob Rees-Mogg, their local MP. However, it was the receipt of the pre-action letter...
The UK government’s bulk surveillance practices come under scrutiny on Wednesday 10 July 2019 before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. The landmark hearing – almost six years to the day since Edward Snowden first disclosed details of UK and US...
We have written to the Children’s Commissioner and asked her to investigate the Home Office’s ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ policy – a key plank of Theresa May’s hostile environment – following the recent report showing its shocking impact on children. In 2012 the then Home...
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...
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...
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...