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Supreme Court cohabitee rights: crowdfunding gathers pace

BBC Radio and the Belfast Telegraph have reported on Denise Brewster’s on-going Crowdjustice campaign to raise funds for her Supreme Court appeal. Ms Brewster’s case challenges rules in pension schemes which discriminate against couples who are not married or in civil partnerships and which prevent...

Supreme Court cohabitee rights: crowdfunding gathers pace

BBC Radio and the Belfast Telegraph have reported on Denise Brewster’s on-going Crowdjustice campaign to raise funds for her Supreme Court appeal. Ms Brewster’s case challenges rules in pension schemes which discriminate against couples who are not married or in civil partnerships and which prevent...

Government facing challenge over equality advice helpline contract

DPG act for LCN in a legal challenge to the Government’s decision to award the contract for operating the national discrimination advice helpline to G4S.

Water resale: DPG partner interviewed by BBC

BBC London reports on the further developments in DPG’s Southwark water overcharging case in their evening and late TV news bulletins on 23 August 2016.

Torture victim seeks review of UK training to Bahrain police

A letter has been sent to the UK government warning of possible JR regarding the training provided by the UK College of Policing to the Bahrain police.

Government defends plans to provide prison/probation services in Saudi Arabia and Oman

As previously reported, the Gulf Center for Human Rights is challenging the legality of the UK Ministry of Justice’s ‘commercial arm’ Just Solutions International (JSi). JSi is bidding to provide prison and probation services in various countries with appalling human rights records, including Saudi Arabia and...

PrEP judicial review succeeds!

The High Court has decided that NHS England’s controversial decision that it does not have the power to fund Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV was wrong.

Client talks to media about disability hate crime

DPG client Daniel Smith talks to the Guardian about his experiences of how the state responds to disability hate crime.

Duwayne Brooks OBE and Jane Deighton attended the opening hearing of the Under Cover Policing Inquiry at the High Court today

The Chairman Christopher Pitchford outline the terms and the process. Mr Brooks OBE has raised several initial concerns with the Secretary to the Inquiry. They are: The omission of covert recordings from the terms of reference – they appear to exclude the covert recording of...

Supreme Court allows conditional fee application in NI appeal

On 21 July 2016 the Supreme Court allowed an application by DPG client Denise Brewster to instruct lawyers on a conditional fee

PrEP judgment eagerly awaited

Interest in the outcome of NAT’s challenge to NHS controversial decision to not fund PrEP for HIV remains high. Judgement is expected in the next few weeks.

Farm Terrace Allotments Fight for Survival

Allotment holders are fighting a third attempt by the Council to build on an allotment site that has served heavily-urbanised West Watford for 120 years.