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Racist Murders and Policing

Richard Adams and John Burke-Monerville to give evidence at the Undercover Policing Inquiry on Thursday 24 October. Richard Adams’ two sons were attacked by a gang of racists when going home from playing table tennis at their youth club on February 21 1991.  Rolan, 15,...

Court proceedings launched in challenge to government’s failure to publish Covid-19 contracts

Court proceedings have now been issued by our clients The Good Law Project and 3 cross-party MPs – Debbie Abrahams, Caroline Lucas and Layla Moran – challenging the government’s routine failure to publish details of contracts awarded in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic response. The...

Home Office pays damages for missed indicators of trafficking

The Home Office recently agreed to pay substantial damages to our client who was trafficked to the UK and whose trafficking indicators were missed by the Home Office. Our client (anonymised as ‘AX’) suffered multiple periods of trafficking as a domestic worker, both overseas and...

Emily Soothill appointed partner

DPG are delighted to congratulate Emily Soothill on her appointment to the partnership. Emily has worked in our Bristol office since September 2017 and specialises in complex group claims and public law challenges. She has brought several important cases including challenges to the legality of...

Update on Legal Challenge – Stop Arming the US Police!

We are instructed in a case to challenge the UK's exports of arms equipment (tear gas, rubber bullets, and the like) to the US, that we have all seen is being used to repress peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.

Challenge To Government’s Failure To Publish COVID-19 Contracts

Good Law Project and 3 Cross-party MPs have launched a judicial review to challenge the Government’s repeated failures to lawfully publish contract award notices, in respect of contracts connected to Covid-19, which have been awarded. The Claimants challenge the widespread systemic failure of the Secretary...

Pregnant victim of trafficking who miscarried in immigration detention secures substantial compensation

Pregnant victim of trafficking who miscarried in immigration detention secures substantial compensation.

Disability Justice Project

The Disability Justice Project was founded by Inclusion London to support London Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs).

Stop arming the US police!

DPG have collaborated with young activists and film maker, Toby Lloyd tobylloydfilm.com to make this video to support our client’s case. Our client has set up a CrowdJustice page to raise funds for their case against the Government. We are requesting that the Government immediately...

Home Office Finally Introduces Scheme to Relocate Family Members of Afghan Evacuees

On 30 July 2024, under pressure from litigation, the Home Office finally introduced a scheme for relocating the left-behind family members of persons evacuated from Afghanistan in August 2021.  For nearly 3 years, evacuees in the UK have been waiting for an immigration scheme to enable them to bring to the UK the family members they left behind.  

DPG’s work featured in Bristol Cable

DPG’s work has been featured in the Bristol Cable: a pioneering community-led newspaper that has won awards for its investigative journalism. Ugo Hayter and Adam Hundt spoke to the Cable about DPG’s work and the inspiration that comes from working with our brave clients. Read...

Significant four-day trial to begin in High Court challenging the use of RAF Wethersfield as asylum accommodation

Four asylum seekers challenging the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s use of RAF Wethersfield as asylum accommodation are set to have their cases heard at a four-day trial in the Royal Courts of Justice from 23-26 July 2024.