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DPG client returned to court to challenge Justice Secretary's decision to equip prison officers with PAVA spray
Support is mounting for Osime Brown, who has autism and significant learning difficulties, in his and his family’s fight to stop his deportation to Jamaica, which he left when he was 4 years old. Deighton Pierce Glynn represented Osime in a successful challenge to his...
The Roma Support Group has obtained funding for a project to develop the Roma community’s knowledge about their rights by training delivered by DPG solicitors. In addition we will be providing supervision for their caseworkers on housing issues arising.
Following court action, the Metropolitan Police has agreed to delete information relating to a referral of a primary school age child under the government’s PREVENT programme. The other referring authorities also agreed to correct and delete the relevant records. DPG’s client was concerned that the...
On 10 May 2018 the Home Office confirmed that our client, Hubert Howard, had indefinite leave to remain (settled status) and had held that status since 1 January 1973. Hubert entered the UK with his mother in November 1960 at the age of 3. He...
A case in the High Court considers whether local authority tenants should benefit from discounts agreed between local authorities and water suppliers. A test case that will consider whether local authorities and housing associations have acted lawfully in failing to pass on to their tenants...
It is with shock and sadness that we have learnt of the death of Stephen Knafler QC. Stephen worked tirelessly with us for over two decades acting in ground-breaking litigation which set a framework for promoting and defending the fundamental right of migrants (and others)...
DPG has responded to the Independent Review of Administrative Law
London councils overcharged local authority tenants for water by not passing on discounts they had arranged with Thames Water. The same arrangements applied to councils throughout the Greater London area.
DPG has successfully represented a victim of serious crime whose personal information was shared by a public inquiry with third parties in a serious personal data breach. The effect of the public inquiry’s data breach prevented DPG’s client from seeking accountability for the serious crimes...
The Home Office has backed down on its plans to detain Osime Brown pending deportation. This is an important step in the fight for justice for Osime being waged by his mother, Joan Martin, and a growing body of supporters from anti-racist protestors, disability rights...