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A group of families evacuated from Afghanistan last year have been granted permission to proceed with a legal challenge against the Home Office for mismanaging the scheme set up to support their settlement and integration to UK society. Last month, a group of families were...
Please click here for the full release published by City University of London. Brigesa Ujkaj, a student on the Bar Vocational Studies course at The City Law School is the first recipient of the Stephen Knafler QC Scholarship. The scholarship was set up in memory of...
The inquest into the death of Jessica Whitchurch in HMP Eastwood Park has concluded multiple failures that contributed to her death.
High Court affirms serious unlawfulness of Home Office blanket seizures of migrants’ mobile phones
Heddwyn Hughes who was in the care of Hywel Dda Health Trust. The inquest into his death today concluded he was failed following an injury whilst detained in a care home.
High Court affirms serious unlawfulness of Home Office blanket seizures of migrants’ mobile phones
High Court quashes Home Office refusal to issue visa to former British Forces Interpreter in Afghanistan
The inquest into the death of 43-year-old Brett Lowe concluded on Monday 22 August 2022, with the jury finding that Brett’s death was preventable and there was gross failure to take basic steps to safeguard Brett
The High Court has granted permission to proceed with a challenge to an undisclosed Home Office policy which states that asylum seekers can only be dispersed from temporary hotel accommodation on an “expedited” basis if there are “exceptional circumstances.”
Today, the Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the case of Hubert Howard (deceased) (substituted by Maresha Howard Rose) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department. This was an appeal by the Secretary of State of the High Court decision...
The Supreme Court opens the door for exploited domestic workers in diplomatic household to obtain compensation in a landmark decision today
In a judgment handed-down on 24 June 2022, the High Court has ruled that the Home Secretary’s decision in August 2021 to grant herself planning permission to use Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent for 5 years was unlawful. Up until August 2021, Napier Barracks had...