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PSC Campaign: Local Government Pension Scheme Divestment

DPG client Palestine Solidarity Campaign (“PSC”) has issued a request backed by detailed legal submissions in a Position Paper to every council in England & Wales administering a Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund, outlining that they must take steps to divest from companies enabling...

TfL Taken to Court Over Systemic Licensing Failures That Leave Drivers Unable to Work

DPG has issued judicial review proceedings on behalf of private hire driver Julius Mugabo, challenging Transport for London’s (TfL) repeated failure to renew drivers’ licences on time. TfL has, for many months, consistently failed to renew private hire drivers’ licences before they expired, effectively preventing...

Rajwinder Singh: Jury Finds Neglect Contributed to the Death of Father of Three at HMP Wandsworth

Before HM Assistant Coroner Bernard Richmond KC Inner West London Coroners Court 23 July – 6 August 2025 CONTENT WARNING: This press release contains themes of self-harm and suicide Rajwinder entered HMP Wandsworth on 9 June 2023, at a time when it was governed by...

Inquest into death of Rajwinder Singh to begin on 23 July 2025

Rajwinder died on 25 June 2023, five days after being found unresponsive in his cell, despite arriving at prison with documented concerns for his wellbeing.

Afghan Protection Schemes: UK Government Data Breach

At 12:00 on 15 July 2025, the UK Government revealed a major data breach involving the personal details of 18,714 ARAP applicants, originally lost on 22 February 2022. The breach went undetected until August 2023, when some of the data appeared online.

Transport for London is facing legal action over licence delays for private hire drivers

DPG are instructed by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (‘IWGB’), which represents private hire drivers on apps such as Uber and Bolt, to challenge the systemic and ongoing delays in TfL’s licensing system for private hire drivers.

Afghan Protection Schemes: Successful High Court Challenge to ‘Triples Review’ Secrecy

The High Court has given an important judgment regarding applications for protection under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (“ARAP”). In particular, those made by members of Afghan ‘Triples’ forces: elite Afghan regiments funded, equipped and trained by the UK and working alongside UK Special Forces.

UK Arms Exports to Israel: High Court Judgment

On Monday 30 June 2025 the High Court gave its judgment in a judicial review claim regarding UK arms exports to Israel, brought by the Palestinian human rights organisation, Al-Haq.  The claimant argued that UK arms exports to Israel were enabling its invasion of Gaza, resulting in serious loss of life and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.

Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy & ‘The Triples Review’: Litigation Update

On 21 – 23 May 2025 the High Court heard a judicial review challenging the UK Government’s handling of the Triples Review, a process established to reconsider blanket refusals of protection applications submitted by members of the Afghan ‘Triples’ forces. These elite units were trained,...

Met Police pay damages to woman after admitting rape investigation “brought the service into disrepute”

The country’s largest police force has paid five-figure damages to a woman who challenged its investigation into complaints of rape and domestic abuse she made against her then husband. The woman, who is in her 40s and calling herself Emma to protect her identity, reported...

AOHR UK Resubmits Sanctions Request to UK Foreign Secretary Against Israeli Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK), represented by Deighton Pierce Glynn solicitors, yesterday formally resubmitted its request to the UK Foreign Secretary to impose targeted sanctions against Israeli government ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Afghan Relocation Schemes: Judicial Review re. Afghan ‘Triples’ Forces

On 21-23 May 2025 the High Court will hear a judicial review regarding the operation of the ‘Triples Review’: the UK government process of re-assessing its blanket refusals of protection applications made by members of the Afghan ‘Triples’ forces: an elite Afghan regiment funded, equipped...