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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...

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.

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.

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

DPG have collaborated with young activists and film maker, Toby Lloyd 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...

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 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...

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.

The Home Office is legally required to make additional weekly payments to pregnant women and for children under 3 years old of £3/£5 to meet their additional nutritional needs.

University of Bristol rejects call for a 'meaningful' apology for discrimination linked to student's death. Equality and Human Rights Commission issues advice to the Higher Education sector

The Home Office has granted citizenship to DPG client Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, a prominent Bahrain Pro-Democracy and Human Rights Activist, after he challenged the lawfulness of over 3 years of delays in deciding his application. Pre-action letters challenging the lawfulness of these lengthy delays were...