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On Wednesday 17 March 2021, the Divisional Court will hear a judicial review challenge brought by a 5-year-old black British child and his mother against the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s policy which bars most British children from receiving welfare benefits if their...

27 February 2024: Four asylum seekers who issued claims for judicial review against the Home Secretary after being accommodated at the controversial military site, RAF Wethersfield, have today been selected as lead claimants and granted permission to proceed with their claims to trial in July...

In an important win for access to justice, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission has ruled that it has the power to award costs against the Home Office in judicial review applications.

The Home Office confirmed that recognised survivors of trafficking are entitled to reinstatement of the accommodation and welfare support they previously received as trafficking victims under the National Referral Mechanism (‘NRM’), in circumstances where their needs require it. Our client received a positive Conclusive Grounds...

DPG like its various colleagues will be celebrating International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021. Doughty Street Chambers are hosting an event on 6 March 2021 to discuss what more can be done to support and promote women’s rights domestically and internationally. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-womens-day-celebration-2021-tickets-139662172317

On 27-29 February 2024, the High Court will be hearing the case of Parkes v Dorset Council, AC-2023-LON-003033 to determine whether Dorset Council has the power to enforce planning authority over the Bibby Stockholm barge. Our client is Ms Parkes, a local resident and Mayor...

The Good Law Project has threatened to issue judicial review proceedings unless the Government withdraws powers of Serious Shortage Protocols for pharmacists.

The High Court has ruled that the government has acted unlawfully by failing to disclose details of Covid-related contracts until forced to do so by litigation. We represented the Good Law Project and a cross-party group of three MPs – Debbie Abrahams, Caroline Lucas, and...

The High Court has rejected the University of Bristol’s appeal against an earlier judgment that it contributed to the death of a student by discriminating against her. Natasha Abrahart took her own life on 30 April 2018, the day that she was due to give...

At 10:45am on Wednesday 14 February 2024 the High Court will release its judgment in a long running case against the University of Bristol brought by the father of Natasha Abrahart, an undergraduate student who took her own life in 2018. Natasha’s parents, Robert and...

Kane Boyce died a self-inflicted death at HMP Lowdham Grange on 3 October 2021. An inquest found that multiple failures by prison staff probably contributed to his death. Now a coroner has raised serious concerns about the risk of future deaths at the prison. Before...

Our client, a pregnant woman with a 2 year old child, made an application for a judicial review of the Home Office’s refusal to increase the rate of additional payments made to pregnant women and their children under 3 years old. These payments, made under...