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The High Court is today (27 October 2023) sitting for an unusual fourth hearing in just over two weeks in a judicial review brought by 2 Afghan families

The High Court is today (17 October 2023) hearing a judicial review brought by 2 Afghan families who have received offers of protection from the UK government under its Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy ("ARAP") scheme, but who have been housed in hotels in Pakistan awaiting transfer to the UK for nearly a year.

Our client, Carralyn Parkes, has issued a further judicial review claim in the High Court challenging the ongoing decision by Dorset Council that it has no planning jurisdiction over the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland Harbour. Our client is seeking a determination by the Court...

Home Office back down and agree to appointment of PPO to undertake independent Article 3-compliant investigation into abuse of detainees at Brook House IRC.

The High Court declared that the Home Office can remove the NRPF condition from leave to remain that has been granted other than on the family route (e.g. student visas)

Shane Bryant died on 15 July 2017, following restraint by Leicestershire police and members of the public two days earlier. Shane had been involved in an attempted robbery of a shop in North West Leicestershire. A number of people, including an off-duty police officer, intervened...

A judicial review of the Child Maintenance Service – the government programme responsible for the collection and payment of child maintenance

This week our clients’ Louisa and Yufial featured in a BBC report on police officers’ misuse of body-worn video. The two-year BBC investigation uncovered more than 150 reports of camera misuse by forces in England and Wales including police officers switching off their body-worn cameras...

On 8 September 2023, Carralyn Parkes, a local resident, issued a judicial review claim challenging the Home Secretary’s use of the Bibby Stockholm barge to accommodate asylum-seekers at Portland Port in Dorset, without obtaining planning permission. Although Ms Parkes is a Portland Town Councillor and...

Following an undercover reporter at Brook House Detention Centre exposing racism, physical assaults and abuse of detainees, our formerly detained client D687 and multiple NGOs in the sector, called for a public inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the mistreatment of detained people at Brook...

The Brook House Inquiry – the first of its kind – will hold its first virtual preliminary hearing at 2pm today, Friday 25 September 2020. The Brook House Inquiry is the first public inquiry into immigration detention in the United Kingdom. It’s first preliminary hearing...

The Brook House Inquiry report, published today, is a searing indictment over 711 pages of Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in 2017