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In a judgment handed down on 12 February 2025 the High Court has found that the Home Office unlawfully refused to ‘re-enter’ our client - a survivor of modern slavery - to the National Referral Mechanism (“NRM”) to receive support he needs to assist him to recover.

Our client, a survivor of trafficking and torture, brought a judicial review challenging the Home Office’s refusal of support to assist his recovery. Disclosure provided by the Home Office lawyers on the evening before the final hearing proved that the Home Office’s defence could not stand.

The inquest into the death of Jack Booth concluded yesterday, with the jury finding that police officers took an inappropriate decision to leave Jack alone – after they had heard that he wanted to take his own life – and had said: “I wanna be...

Before HM Area Coroner Laurinda Bower Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire Coroner’s Court 4 November 2024 to 7 February 2025 CONTENT WARNING: This article contains themes of self-harm and self inflicted deaths. HMP Lowdham Grange was the first of several prisons to reach the end of...

On behalf of our clients, we welcome the long-overdue departure of the Bibby Stockholm from Portland Harbour, Dorset. For nearly 18 months, the barge served as asylum accommodation under a deeply flawed Home Office plan—one that was unsafe, inhumane, and doomed from the start.

We are delighted to share that Sue Willman, a long-standing partner and now consultant at Deighton Pierce Glynn, has been awarded the title of Honorary King’s Counsel (KC) in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to the legal protection of migrants’ socio-economic rights in the UK....

The family of Jack Booth is hoping that an upcoming inquest will end their three year wait for answers about his death.

Most Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) have an expiry date of 31 December 2024 – as the Home Secretary has decided to replace them with eVisas. eVisas are a new, digital-only, way for people to show their immigration status. The Home Secretary says people have to...

Our client successfully challenged her refusal of a student loan by way of judicial review. After being granted humanitarian protection (a form of leave to remain in the UK) in recognition that returning to her country of origin would breach her human rights, our client...

The inquest touching upon the death of Jessica Powell has concluded, with the jury finding that the acute mental health ward in which she was detained failed to adequately supervise and secure a room which was fitted with windows that Jessica might reasonably believe she could escape through, and that she died trying to climb through one of those windows.

The High Court has today decided that the Home Office’s approach to protecting victims of trafficking is unlawful. The test case was brought by two victims of trafficking, who challenged the Home Office’s policy of refusing to grant them leave to remain in the UK...

3 December 2024 The parents of Jessica Powell are hoping that an upcoming inquest will answer their questions about their daughter’s death following an incident on a mental health ward 4 years ago. Jessica died on 22 August 2020 following an incident on 19 August...