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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...

The Court found today that the retention of data by the Metropolitan Police Service on a 16-year-old child (known as II) from the age of 11 was unlawful and a disproportionate interference with his right to private life; namely, that it was a breach of...

DPG Partners Sue Willman and Daniel Carey write in the Times today that a claim brought by our client the Gulf Center for Human Rights in 2018 clarified the government’s position on whether ministers are required to comply with international law. The government successfully defended...

We are delighted to announce that Adam Hundt has been appointed as a Director at DPG.

We are delighted that DPG’s Trainee, Georgina Colegate-Stone qualified as a Solicitor on 15  July 2020. George has successfully completed her training at DPG and has been offered a permanent position as a solicitor here. Before joining DPG, George worked in Parliament for several years...

Zimbabweans in exile are increasingly concerned about the breakdown of the rule of law. In the past few days, a lawyer representing three women including an opposition MP was arrested whilst travelling with his clients to comply with bail requirements. This event is inspired by...

DPG force Manchester mental health consultation to withdraw decision to cut specialist mental health services in area.

In a rare successful challenge to a Crown Prosecution Service’s (‘CPS’) decision, the High Court has decided that the CPS’s decision not to prosecute a former diplomat and his wife who exploited our client by forcing her to work excessive hours for very little pay...

https://youtu.be/E_xbHwmLnJ8 DPG represented the family of Mikey Powell who was killed by West Midlands Police officers on 7 September 2003. Mikey’s Nieces have put together this video to express their feelings. Chaela had not been born when Mikey died and Kiara was just a toddler....

High Court to decide if CPS was right to refuse to prosecute former diplomat for exploiting domestic worker