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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.

Business & Human Rights: Parliament Submission

DPG have provided a submission to the Parliamentary JCHR, calling for practical reforms to enhance accountability for corporate human rights violations.

Successful Intervention in Judicial Review of Data Retention Legislation

The High Court today declared that key parts of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 breach EU law and must be disapplied. The Act was rushed through parliament in one week in July 2014, allowing little time for thorough debate or civil society...

Legality of UK Training of Sudan’s Army Challenge heard in High Court

Ali Agab Nour, a Sudanese lawyer and refugee, will challenge the British Government’s decision to provide military training to the Sudanese Army today in the High Court. It is well-documented that the Sudanese Army regularly and systematically perpetrate truly appalling human rights violations including mass...

Legal action against NHS for halting HIV “game-changer”

The National Aids Trust (NAT) is taking NHS England to court for refusing to provide PrEP, a “game changer” in the fight against HIV.

Details of UK Policy Making on Drones to be Released

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones has successfully settled its Freedom of Information Challenge to the Cross-Government Working Group on Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems’s refusal to release details of its deliberations regarding drones policy in the UK. Unusually for a FOIA case, the parties...