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....

🚨🚨🚨 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...

📣📣📣 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 👇👇

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

Are you passionate about justice and eager to make a meaningful impact? Do you want to qualify as a Civil Liberties / Human Rights / Public Law Solicitor at Deighton Pierce Glynn? Join the DPG team as a Paralegal in either our Bristol or London office! dpglaw.co.uk/paralegal-ro...

Rajwinder Singh: Jury Finds Neglect Contributed to the Death of Father of Three at HMP Wandsworth Maya Sikand KC (@mayasikand.bsky.social)‬ was instructed by Christina Juman, partner at @dpglaw.co.uk. www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/rajwind...

Tune-in to this week's Double Jeopardy podcast to hear Dan Carey discuss the data leak exposing over 18,000 individuals to violent retribution by the Taliban, and the super-injunction which prevented Parliament and the public from knowing what had happened www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

🚨🚨🚨DPG are instructed by the @iwgbunion.bsky.social,which represents private hire drivers on apps such as Uber and Bolt, to challenge the systemic + ongoing delays in TfL’s licensing system for the drivers. For more info see: dpglaw.co.uk/transport-fo...

The MOD must now: (a) publish details of the scope of the ‘Triples Review’; (b) publish the key criteria being applied; and (c) notify all Triples Review ARAP applicants of the ARAP decisions in their cases. DPG instructed Tom de la Mare KC of Blackstone Chambers and Emma Foubister of Matrix.

📢New judgment: High Court finds that the ‘Triples Review’ - the UK government process of re-assessing its previous blanket refusals of ARAP applications made by members of the Afghan ‘Triples’ forces - was operating unlawfully in important respects dpglaw.co.uk/afghan-prote...

For the second post in our legal blog series, we examine recent amendments to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 which mean police officers are to be dismissed for gross misconduct, barring ‘exceptional circumstances' dpglaw.co.uk/police-offic...

Met Police to pay damages to woman after admitting rape investigation “brought the service into disrepute”: dpglaw.co.uk/met-police-p... See further press coverage here: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

We’re very excited to launch DPG’s brand-new legal blog series! Each month, we will unpack key developments in UK law through a human rights lens. First up: the 2025 Border Security Bill and its troubling implications, which you can read here: dpglaw.co.uk/the-border-s...

Judicial review hearing in the High Court commences today to examine the legality of the UK government’s continued arms exports to Israel. DPG is instructed by @amnestyuk.bsky.social and Human Rights Watch who are intervening in the case. dpglaw.co.uk/uk-arms-expo...

Compensation is due to asylum seekers unlawfully detained at Manston Short-Term Holding Facility dpglaw.co.uk/compensation...

We are delighted to report that DPG's PAP Project has been awarded 3 years of funding by the AB Charitable Trust! This will partially cover the costs of the PAP Project from 29 April 2025 onwards, enabling this vital project to continue dpglaw.co.uk/a-b-charitab...

Emily Soothill has been featured in the Law Society Gazette for her incredible work representing people detained at Manston holding facility in a case against the government for allegedly unlawful detention and other breaches of their rights See: www.lawgazette.co.uk/lawyer-in-th...

DPG has given evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s inquiry into asylum accommodation focusing on how asylum accommodation is currently delivered by the Home Office. dpglaw.co.uk/dpg-gives-ev...

“People seeking asylum are more vulnerable to physical and mental illness; they have the right to be treated with dignity and should not be detained in this way” says DPG's Emily Soothill www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Watch our brave clients on the BBC who are demanding an investigation by the JCIO into Employment Judge Lancaster who is accused of intimidating, sexist, and discriminatory conduct. 1/2

Following a significant challenge by disability campaigner, Esther Loukin, ambulance trusts develop policies for transporting wheelchair users in an emergency. NHS England to review commissioning framework. dpglaw.co.uk/following-ch...

Huge congratulations to the brilliant Sue Willman on receiving an honorary KC award! This is a well-deserved recognition of her excellence and dedication to the law. dpglaw.co.uk/congratulati...

Napier Barracks was challenged by DPG clients and found to be unlawful in 2021 by the High Court. It will finally close by September 2025. This is an important step towards humane accommodation for asylum seekers. However, Wethersfield must now close too. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

BBC News: Wethersfield asylum seekers housed 'unlawfully'. @EmilySoothill said: "We urge [current Home Secretary] Yvette Cooper to reflect on this judgment, end the use of large sites and close Wethersfield once and for all”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING: High Court finds Home Office acted unlawfully by placing vulnerable asylum seekers in ex-MOD site Wethersfield. @goldjenningsltd.bsky.social, @dpglaw.co.uk and @dlpubliclaw.bsky.social acted for the Claimants in the significant High Court case. goldjennings.co.uk/high-court-f...

🚨 Wethersfield High Court Judgment: The Home Secretary acted unlawfully in accommodating three asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield. Serious breaches of the Equality Act in publishing accommodation policy. dpglaw.co.uk?p=10810&prev...

We are instructed to represent a group of individuals, including two doctors, a nurse, and several whistleblowers, who have made serious allegations of intimidating, sexist, and discriminatory conduct by Employment Judge Lancaster. dpglaw.co.uk/whistleblowe...

High Court judgment on MSVCC re-entry for survivor of modern slavery ETX instructed Grace Capel, with Bryony Goodesmith, Adam Hundt and Nakita Hedges of @dpglaw.co.uk www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/high-co...