Landmark win protects refugees from street homelessness. Our clients, two newly granted refugees, challenged the Home Office’s approach to the 28-day move-on period after asylum support. The case exposed risks of street homelessness and failures around extending support. dpglaw.co.uk/landmark-win...
On 16 February 2026, the inquest into the death of Simon Ludlow at HMP The Mount on 25 November 2023 concluded. The Coroner is due to issue a report on the prevention of future deaths. The jury recorded certain issues which contributed to Simon’s death.
For more see: dpglaw.co.uk/simon-ludlow...
Organisations submit request for UK sanctions against Bahrain Interior Minister. The request and supporting evidence was submitted by DPG on behalf of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD).
For more info, see: dpglaw.co.uk/organisation...
The High Court has today handed down a landmark judgment finding that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully by proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000.
DPG acted for Amnesty International UK who was given permission to intervene.
For more info, see: dpglaw.co.uk/high-court-r...
For our first legal blog of 2026, we explore the institutionalism of racism in UK policing, including what is institutional racism, the legal framework governing race discrimination and our suggestions for how we go about promoting change dpglaw.co.uk/blog-racial-...
📢High Court Orders UAE to Pay over £260,000 in Groundbreaking Modern Slavery Case
Our client, a Filipino domestic worker, who was subjected to modern slavery by a diplomat in London, has secured a landmark judgment against the United Arab Emirates.
For more, see: dpglaw.co.uk/high-court-o...
High Court grants permission for judicial review to proceed against the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office in a claim concerning its alleged failure to adequately investigate serious allegations of misconduct by Employment Judge Philip Lancaster.
For more info, see: dpglaw.co.uk/high-court-g...
The Manston Inquiry has held its first preliminary hearing, examining the unlawful detention and inhumane conditions at the Manston facility in 2022.
DPG represents 20 survivors and calls for their experiences to be placed at the centre of the investigation. See: dpglaw.co.uk/manston-inqu...
After serving 13 years on a ‘hopeless, desperate, barbaric’ indefinite jail term, Taylor Atkinson ended his own life. This week an inquest concluded that his IPP sentence was likely the most significant reason for his death www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
🚨EMERGENCY AT THE UK-FRANCE BORDER 🚨 Today we are launching our new collaborative report reveals that people attempting to cross the UK-France border are subjected to horrifying levels of state violence. www.humansforrights.org/state-violence
The level of taxpayer-funded violence at the UK-France border revealed in this report is sickening.
We support @humansforrights.bsky.social calls for an independent public inquiry into the UK government’s role in the increase in violence and deaths at the border in recent years.
Tragic, avoidable death of Taylor Atkinson, a prisoner almost 9 years over tariff on inhumane IPP sentence, and our clients' fight for answers www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Our clients, @amnestyuk.bsky.social and @libertyhq.bsky.social, were given permission to intervene in the Palestine Action judicial review case.
A copy of their Intervention Submissions are available via dpglaw.co.uk/palestine-ac...
In this month's legal blog, we focus on the move-on support provided to individuals with newly granted international protection status, which frequently leaves people who the Government has accepted require sanctuary, facing street homelessness and imminent destitution. dpglaw.co.uk/blog-amendme...
🚨 Inquest concludes that Sodexo's system failures and neglect contributed to the death of our client, Ricky Crosher, at HMP Lowdham Grange.
For more info, see: dpglaw.co.uk/inquest-conc...
“Georgia’s life was taken from her.” Kay Barter speaks with extraordinary courage and dignity in a Channel 4 interview about the abuse her daughter endured and the urgent need for change following Georgia’s unlawful killing. Watch the interview in full here: www.channel4.com/news/she-did....
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Our new report on hotel accommodation drops today.
These hotels are not 5*. Here's the proof.
Relying on testimony from clients, photos & medical evidence, you can now see the awful reality of hotel life.
More updates throughout the day so watch this space.
www.ramfel.org.uk/asylum-hotel...
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These are the voices you never hear. People seeking safety are trapped in hotel rooms for months, often years. These lengthy stays are ruining people’s lives, whilst lining the pockets of others. #ProfitingfromPeople
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DPG continues to push for justice for asylum seekers subjected to unlawful detention and inhumane conditions at Manston in Autumn 2022, when overcrowding, neglect, and mistreatment became rampant as the Home Office did not move people within 24 hours. For more, see: dpglaw.co.uk/dpg-calls-fo...
In this month’s blog post we reflect on the landmark Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on states’ obligations regarding climate change, including the link between environmental protection and human rights dpglaw.co.uk/blog-the-icj...
The Administrative court has granted permission for judicial review in our #eVisa policy challenge against the Home Office, on significant wider public interest ground.
For more info see: dpglaw.co.uk/home-secreta...
Prevention of Future Deaths report has been issued to Home Office following Coroner’s ruling, seeking improvements to the way Police National Database is utilised as “this would allow police to be more proactive in their dealings with victims of domestic abuse” www.judiciary.uk/prevention-o...
The Coroner's ruling that Georgia Barter was unlawfully killed by her abusive partner is only the second of its type in UK legal history.
Garden Court North's Kate Stone represented Georgia's family, instructed by @dpglaw.co.uk and supported by AAFDA.
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Georgia's inquest concluded Unlawful Killing resulting from domestic abuse. Georgia’s family is represented by Clare Hayes of DPG instructing Kate Stone of @gcnchambers.bsky.social with invaluable support from @AAFDA.
The Guardian tells Georgia’s story here:
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
At DPG we don't seek awards. We use the law to empower our clients to challenge unlawful conduct by those with power. To be recognised by Legal500 as among the best firms for Public Law and Civil Liberties & Human Rights is a testament to that. Thank you to our clients who make the fight worth it!
Next up in DPG's legal blog series, we examine the worrying incursion on the right to protest peacefully in the UK, as illustrated by the recent decision to proscribe the direct-action group Palestine Action sparking intense legal, political, and public debate dpglaw.co.uk/blog-protest...
Amnesty International UK and Liberty have been given permission to jointly intervene in the judicial review challenging the UK government’s decision to ‘proscribe’ the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. dpglaw.co.uk/amnesty-inte...
DPG's client Palestine Solidarity Campaign has issued a request to every Council in England & Wales administering a Local Government Pension Scheme fund, outlining that they must divest from companies enabling & profiting from human rights violations against Palestinians dpglaw.co.uk/psc-campaign...
Palestine: Call on Local Government Pension Schemes to Divest from Companies Involved in Violations of International Law.
Max du Plessis S.C., Tatyana Eatwell and Joshua Jackson are instructed by Zubier Yazdani and Mark Hylands of Deighton Peirce Glynn (@dpglaw.co.uk).
🚨 Read DPG's latest blog post on Government’s White Paper which outlines proposed changes to the UK immigration system: dpglaw.co.uk/restoring-co...
#WhitePaper #UKImmigration #humanrights
