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The ECtHR has ruled on the plight of migrant children trapped in degrading conditions of detention in Greece caused in part by the closure of the Balkans corridor into the rest of Europe. Our client, Statewatch, submitted a third party intervention on this important case....
HM Senior Coroner Richard Travers to sum up evidence and ask the jury to consider whether there were failings by Surrey Police.
The inquest opens today at Preston Coroner’s Court into the circumstances surrounding the killing of Cherylee Shennan on 17 March 2014.
The Disability Justice Project, run by Inclusion London and supported by Deighton Pierce Glynn, is joining the London Legal Walk for the first time – to raise money for its vital work defending and protecting Deaf/Disabled people’s rights through raising awareness on the discrimination and...
A jury has returned a critical conclusion in the Shane Stroughton death that occurred HMP Nottingham.
The inquest opens today into the double shooting of Christine Lee and her daughter Lucy on 23 February 2014.
High Court handed down judgement in the case brought by relatives of Ian Brown and Danny Dunkley who took their own lives in HMP Woodhill
A jury today found further failures in the management of a vulnerable prisoner in HMP Woodhill.
Our client, who wishes to remain anonymous, has been granted permission and costs protection, in her judicial review challenge of her local Council’s policy on how strip clubs should be licensed. After a successful judicial review of Sheffield City Council by our client last year,...
The Law Society Gazette have published an article titled ‘Home Truths’ exploring the uneven response of the law to domestic violence. It considers some of the advances made in the context of inquests and civil claims against the state, with insight from Deighton Pierce Glynn’s...
09/04/19 – The Court of Appeal will today begin hearing a landmark appeal brought by Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) against the Secretary of State for International Trade challenging the government’s ongoing failure to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia for possible use in...
Before HM Assistant Coroner Richard Furniss West London Coroner’s Court 11-25 March 2019 The inquest into the death of Tarek Chowdhury, 64, concluded yesterday, with the jury finding that failings in the immigration detention system contributed to the killing. Mr Chowdhury was unlawfully killed by...