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Inquest jury finds multiple failings led to the death of Jason Basalat at HMP Woodhill on 11 December 2016.
In mid-July 2018 the Government (Home Office) announced the ‘Windrush Compensation Consultation’. This Consultation is the second stage in the designing of a Government scheme to compensate Windrush migrants who despite being in the UK lawfully, have been affected by Government measures to police...
We are delighted that The Times has recognised DPG’s work to challenge state bodies by listing us in the top 200 Best Law Firms for 2020. There are couple of points we would like to clarify. As well as high profile cases, we also act...
The partners and everyone at DPG are today saying goodbye to Gareth Mitchell, one of DPG’s longest serving employees.
On 6 November, the International Legal Assistance Consortium will be launching its Guatemala Judicial Assessment report exploring the challenges in the country including the attacks on judges and lawyers. The report examines the situation facing the judiciary and public prosecution in Guatemala after ILAC experts...
In her first official engagement as Law Society Human Rights Committee Chair, DPG director Sue Willman welcomed Maricela Vasquez, a Mexican lawyer from Ciudad Juárez, the militarised Mexican border town known for having the fifth highest murder rate in the world, and in particular for...
ECPAT UK represented by DPG Partner Zubier Yazdani has been granted permission to intervene in the appeal of MS(Pakistan) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department. The appeal represents an opportunity for the Supreme Court to consider important issues about whether the immigration...
On Friday 11th October 2019, The High Court (sitting in Bristol) will hear a challenge to the lawfulness of the Defendant’s policy on human trafficking and modern slavery, the Victims of Modern Slavery: Competent Authority Guidance, specifically in relation to the process for reconsidering negative...
DPG partner Sue Willman today joins a team of experts on an ILAC mission to investigate the rule of law in Guatemala. Since the end of the civil war in 1996, Guatemala has achieved the status of the fourth highest murder rate in the world...
AIRE centre has applied to the Court of Appeal to challenge the decision of the High Court which found that Operation Nexus operated lawfully.
An inquest jury has returned its conclusion in the case of the third of five men to die at HMP Nottingham in a month from 13 September 2017. Anthony Solomon died on 27 September 2017 from the lethal effects of smoking a psychoactive substance known...
An inquest jury has returned its conclusion in the case of the third of five men to die at HMP Nottingham in a month from 13 September 2017. Anthony Solomon died on 27 September 2017 from the lethal effects of smoking a psychoactive substance known...