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Home Office Agrees to Release Victims of Trafficking Into Safe Accommodation

Lawyers and campaigners working to support victims of trafficking and modern slavery have welcomed a change to Home Office guidance concerning safe accommodation following a legal challenge. Detention Action, Bail for Immigration Detainees (BiD), Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group and human rights lawyers at law firm...

Government Urged by Legal Challenge to Give Legal Recognition to Nonbinary People

A legal challenge has been issued regarding the UK Government’s lack of recognition for nonbinary people through the overseas route in the gender recognition certificate process. Ryan Castellucci, who is nonbinary, has issued legal proceedings against the Gender Recognition Panel (GRP) and the Secretary of...

Shell Aims to Delay Nigeria Pollution Claim by 13,000 Villagers for Another Two Years

On Tuesday 4th April, 2023, a High Court hearing will consider an application by Shell that could result in a further two-year delay of the legal claims of pollution brought by 13,000 Nigerian villagers against the company. Shell is facing legal action from the Ogale...

The Croydon Borough Council Has Been Instructed to Compensate Dr Yusuf Ali Osman, a Self-Employed Individual Who Is Visually Impaired, With £500 in Relation...

Dr Yusuf Ali Osman, a self-employed individual who is visually impaired, has been granted £500 in compensation by the Croydon Borough Council due to modifications made to its Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTR) in 2022. Dr Osman, aged 43, of Croydon, was left facing a...

A Remand Prisoner’s Suicide was Probably Caused or Contributed by Serious and Multiple Failures at HMP Birmingham

The jury's verdict from the recent inquest into the death of Jai Singh, a particularly vulnerable remand prisoner, was that a series of shortcomings from the custodial and healthcare teams, including the mental health team, at HMP Birmingham may have played a role in...

River Wye Catchment Area Landowners, Businesses and Clubs May Have Legal Claim for Damages Against Chicken Producers for Pollution

Lawyers are investigating the potential for Wye Valley residents to sue chicken producers whose farming on an industrial scale is polluting the River Wye. It is believed that people whose property lies within the River Wye catchment area have a good prospect of bringing a...