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Challenge to Secrecy Around U.S. Drones Hub Heard by Tribunal

The Information Tribunal will hear the appeal of the All Party Parliamentary Group on US Drones.

DPG’s Jo Eggleton nominated for Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of Year award

DPG solicitor Jo Eggleton has been shortlisted by Liberty for their 2017 Human Rights Lawyer of the Year award. She has been nominated for her work with the families of nine of the 17 people who have died since May 2013 at HMP Woodhill. Jo...

New Partners

We are delighted to announce that DPG solicitors Christina Juman, Connie Sozi, Daniel Carey and Frances Lipman have been made salaried partners.

Electoral Commission Found to have got the Law Wrong in EU Referendum

The Divisional Court has found that the Electoral Commission – the body charged with overseeing elections and referendums in the UK – got the law wrong when it regulated the EU Referendum. The Court’s judgment was handed down today. DPG was instructed by the Good...

Rough Sleeping as an ‘Abuse/Misuse’ of the EU right to Freedom of Movement

The Home Office has been operating a policy to remove rough sleeping EU nationals on the basis that rough sleeping is an abuse of rights under the EU Treaty.

#TransportJustice campaign launched to fight disability discrimination on public transport

The Campaign The #TransportJustice campaign was launched this week by a group of Paralympians and disability activists, including Anne Wafula Strike, Helene Raynsford and Inclusion London. #TransportJustice aims to enable other disabled people who face misery on transport every day to bring strategic litigation andhold...

Water Charges: DPG Partner Interviewed by BBC

DPG partner, Gareth Mitchell, is interviewed by BBC about Kingston Council refusing to repay £4 million to tenants overcharged for water and sewerage.

Polly Glynn Shortlisted for Law Society Excellence “Woman Lawyer of the Year” Award

Deighton Pierce Glynn welcomes the shortlisting of  Polly Glynn for the 2018 Law Society Excellence Awards as Woman Lawyer of the Year in a profession where women continue to be underrepresented at senior levels. Polly is DPG’s managing partner having founded Pierce Glynn alongside Stephen...

Court of Appeal to hear Gulf Center for Human Rights Challenge against the Prime Minister’s 2015 changes to the Ministerial Code

Court of Appeal to hear Gulf Center for Human Rights Challenge against the Prime Minister’s 2015 changes to the Ministerial Code

OECD complaint against Land Rover, Rolex and HPower Group – Crowdfunding launched

Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) has launched a CrowdJustice drive to challenge the decision of the organiser and main sponsors of the Royal Windsor Horse Show to celebrate the King of Bahrain at the event, in in light of the country’s suppression of pro-democracy campaigners and human rights abuses.

Brooks/Lawrence Spy named by Under Cover Police Inquiry (UCPI)

Undercover police officer N81, who spied on Duwayne Brooks, the Lawrences and justice campaigns has been named by the Inquiry today as David Hagan.

Undercover Police Inquiry

DPG client Duwayne Brooks OBE joins 60 others who have been spied upon in protest at the lack of progress in this Inquiry and to campaign for the appoint of a panel of persons with relevant experience to run the Inquiry.