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DPG has been instructed to advise in relation to a potential planning challenge to the Home Office’s proposal to house 1,500 asylum seekers in military 'camp' style accommodation in a remote RAF airfield.

A judicial review of the flawed operation of the Child Maintenance Service – the government programme responsible for the collection and payment of child maintenance between separated parents – has been granted permission for judicial review at a hearing in the High Court. The case...

The High Court has again declared that the government’s NRPF policy is unlawful, this time because it breaches disability discrimination laws. Two cases brought by clients of ours and supported by The Unity Project, RAMFEL and Impact: Law for Social Justice, were due to be...

DPG has obtained damages and settled a claim in which a man died from the effect of NPS (spice) in HMP Birmingham, a privately managed prison operated by G4S at the time. G4S’s running of the prison failed to meet the standards of public service...

Pre Inquest Hearing Bedfordshire and Luton Coroners Court March 2 2016 At the hearing Heather Williams QC, instructed by DPG, argued that the Coroner should investigate the events in the last few weeks leading up to Elliott’s death on September 15 2015 – focusing on...

Dentists discriminating against HIV patients – Our client attended a morning appointment to register at his local dentist practice… but when he disclosed his HIV status he was informed by the nurse… not only is it discriminatory but it is also illogical to treat HIV positive patients differently because…

Dentists discriminating against HIV patients – Our client attended a morning appointment to register at his local dentist practice… but when he disclosed his HIV status he was informed by the nurse… not only is it discriminatory but it is also illogical to treat HIV positive patients differently because…

Decisions regarding life-saving protection that are taking 18 months or more are undermining the protective purpose of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP).

The Supreme Court has upheld complaint of discrimination on ground of marital status brought by cohabitee denied pension benefits after partner died.

The High Court has ruled today that Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council’s policy of having no limit on the number of strip clubs is unlawful. The Court decided that the Council was wrong to ignore concerns that strip clubs contribute to the abuse, harassment...

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.

Our client's successful application to the First Tier Tribunal (residential property) has been upheld by the Upper Tribunal.