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A legal opinion published today by Deighton Pierce Glynn’s client, the Good Law Project, raises serious concerns regarding privacy safeguards on a ‘Back Brexit’ webpage operated by the Conservative Party. Deighton Pierce Glynn, instructed by the Good Law Project (“GLP”), has obtained an opinion from...

In a landmark judgment concerning state surveillance, the European Court of Human Rights has today found that the UK’s regime for the bulk surveillance of our telephone use, electronic communications and web activity violates the public’s right to privacy. The European Court of Human Rights...

Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Kiedan have been granted permission to take their legal challenge to the Supreme Court; the hearing is likely to take place early next year. The couple at the heart of the effort to open civil partnerships to different-sex couples have been...

One of the successes from our ground breaking PAP scheme is reported in the local newspapers in Bristol.

The jury in the inquest into the killing of Cherylee Shennan has concluded that the authorities’ failure to recall her killer after her family reported domestic violence contributed to her murder.

R on the application of ASK & MDA v Secretary of State for the Home Department On 16 July 2019 the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment which raised important issues concerning the powers of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to...

The UK government’s surveillance practices come under scrutiny today before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

A jury yesterday found further significant failures in the management of a vulnerable prisoner in HMP Woodhill

DPG acting for the Good Law Project will be at the Court of Appeal today challenging the High Court's decision that it got the law wrong when it regulated the EU Referendum.

An inquest jury yesterday delivered a damning conclusion after hearing evidence over 6 days about Andrew Brown's time in Nottingham prison in August and September 2017.

The jury in the inquest into the shooting of Christine and Lucy Lee has concluded that failings by Surrey police contributed to their deaths.

The Court of Appeal today decided that the decision by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) (formerly BiZ) to authorise arms exports to Saudi Arabia for potential use in Yemen was unlawful because the government had not taken into account Saudi Arabia’s past record...