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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...

On 20 June 2022, the High Court upheld an application for judicial review brought by a mother and her two British children against the Home Office’s NRPF policy on the basis that it still fails to comply with the legal obligation to safeguard and promote...

Inquest into the death of Marcus McGuire opens today at Birmingham and Solihull Coroners Court.

The jury at Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court concluded that “inappropriate” restraint by security staff at Stowfield Business Park near Lydbrook contributed to the death of Mark Kentish on 23 June 2016.

Mark Hylands has completed his training contract and accepted a permanent position as a solicitor at DPG.

Today, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (“GCHR”) and Deighton Pierce Glynn (“DPG”) published a report titled Accountability for Torture in Bahrain: A Call for Magnitsky Sanctions. The report’s focus is on the application and use of the UK ‘Magnitsky’ style sanctions regime against Bahraini...

A judicial review hearing regarding the Home Secretary’s decision to house asylum seekers at Napier military Barracks in Kent took place at the Royal Courts of Justice on 14 and 15 April 2021. The claims were brought by six Claimants who were anonymised during the...

On 14 and 15 April 2021, a High Court judge, the honourable Mr Justice Linden, will consider whether the Home Secretary acted unlawfully in housing asylum-seekers at Napier Barracks in Kent. Because of social distancing, the judge and lawyers will be in Court and the...

Sue Willman was given an award  for Outstanding Achievement at the Modern Law Awards, presented by Law Society President Stephanie Boyce.