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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...

The challenge related to the question of whether Vote Leave broke the statutory spending limits. Following the issue of proceedings, the Electoral Commission agreed to investigate whether Vote Leave and BeLeave were working together. This was a huge victory.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) to hear expert evidence about the extent to which British institutions have failed in their duty to protect children abroad. This week marks the beginning of the Inquiry’s public hearings into this as part of the second...

Our client was due to be removed on a Charter flight today but his removal has been stayed but 35 (originally 51) others have been removed.

The High Court has granted permission for judicial review in a claim challenging the Home Office’s substantial and systematic delays in deciding asylum applications made by unaccompanied children, which are routinely taking well in excess of a year to determine, and in many cases two...

On 22 January 2019 a jury at Milton Keynes Coroners’ court concluded that multiple failures contributed to the death of Ryan Harvey. Ryan was 23 year old when he committed suicide at HMP Woodhill on 8th May 2015. His was the eighth of 18 self-inflicted deaths...

Sue Willman will be talking at the AOHR's event Arbitrary Detention, Torture and Sexual Harassment of Female Activists in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday 22 January 2019.

Ryan Harvey died on 8 May 2015, five days after he was found hanging in his cell on the induction unit of HMP Woodhill. He was 23 years old and had been in the prison since 22 April 2015. Prior to his arrival the healthcare...

The Good Law Project’s court action against the Electoral Commission has resulted in a turnaround by the Commission who has agreed to investigate Vote Leave, Darren Grimes & Veterans for Britain spending on the Referendum for possible offences. Jolyon Maugham instructing Polly Glynn of Deighton...

The European Court of Human Rights is hearing a case challenging UK government internet surveillance programmes.