17 Aug A-Level Results: What can students that have received lower than expected grades do?

Posted 17.08.2020 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Discrimination and Equality, Judicial Review, Uncategorized 0 Comments

For many students, Thursday’s A – Levels results would have been a disappointment. Nearly 40% of all grades across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland were downgraded by one to two grades. Pupils at maintained and academy schools appear to have been disproportionately affected, with  independent...

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10 Aug Prime Minister’s decision to appoint Dr Tony Sewell to face legal challenge from a national anti-racist charity, The Monitoring Group

Posted 10.08.2020 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Discrimination and Equality, Human Rights 0 Comments

A leading anti-racist advocacy and campaigning charity, The Monitoring Group, will challenge Boris Johnson’ decision to appoint Dr Tony Sewell as Chair of the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities (CRED). The group has instructed senior solicitor Chez Cotton of civil rights firm Matthew Gold...

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05 May Woman receives compensation after grooming and sexual abuse by a prison officer

Posted 05.05.2020 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Domestic Violence, Human Rights, Police Misconduct 0 Comments

Matthew Gold & Co have successfully settled a claim for damages brought by a female former prisoner against the Ministry of Justice after she was groomed and sexually abused by a male prison officer. Our client, Ms P, was very vulnerable on her arrival at the...

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04 May U.K. Government “life assurance scheme” for families of healthcare workers who have died from coronavirus

Posted 04.05.2020 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights 0 Comments

On 27 April 2020 the UK Government announced a life assurance scheme under which the families of eligible frontline health and care staff in England who die from coronavirus will be entitled to a £60,000 payment. The details of the scheme are so far minimal, but...

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03 Sep Inquest touching upon the death of Anthony Kostiw

Posted 03.09.2019 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Inquests 0 Comments

On 3 September 2019 the inquest touching upon Anthony Kostiw’s death will commence at Milton Keynes Coroner’s Court. Mr Kostiw was last seen alive by two Thames Valley Police officers in the early hours of 3 January 2018 when they had de-arrested him and dropped him...

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05 Nov Matthew Gold & Co directors recognised in Chambers & Partners

Posted 05.11.2017 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Police Misconduct 0 Comments

Both Matthew Gold and Clare Jennings have been recognised in the 2017 edition of Chambers and Partners. Matthew is listed as a noted practitioner in the Police Law: Mainly Claimant section, while Clare is described as "a very committed and able lawyer" in the Up...

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11 Oct “Outstanding” Matthew Gold & Co ranked in Legal 500

Posted 11.10.2017 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights, Police Misconduct 0 Comments

We're delighted to see Matthew Gold & Co listed in the Legal 500 2017 in the Civil Liberties and Administrative and Public Law categories. In the Civil Liberties rankings MG & Co is described as an 'outstanding' firm that 'punches well above its weight' and 'provides...

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27 Sep The Lammy Review exposes racial bias in the criminal justice system

Posted 27.09.2017 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Discrimination and Equality 0 Comments

The Findings of the Review In January 2016 the then Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community, to conduct a review into the overrepresentation of black, Asian, and minority ethnic...

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27 Sep New appointments at Matthew Gold & Co

Posted 27.09.2017 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights, Inquiries, Migrant Rights 0 Comments

Matthew Gold & Co is delighted to welcome two new solicitors to the team. Maya Lal is a highly experienced solicitor with a particular interest and expertise in public inquiries. She has been instructed in two leading and important inquiries: the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI)...

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24 Aug New trainee solicitors at Matthew Gold & Co

Posted 24.08.2017 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities 0 Comments

This month we're welcoming two new trainee solicitors to the London office of Matthew Gold & Co. Joseph Thompson joins us from Kingsley Napley LLP, where he's been working as a criminal litigation paralegal, while Louise Eardley joins us from the Howard League for Penal...

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02 Aug No justice for Cardiff Three: a summary of the Horwell Report

Posted 02.08.2017 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights, Police Misconduct 0 Comments

A long awaited report by Richard Horwell QC into the collapse of R v Mouncher criminal trial reveals the failings that denied justice to the Cardiff Three. Thirteen police officers from South Wales Police were charged with offences of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice...

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18 Jul R v Mouncher: Prosecution of 13 police officers “embarrassment on a national scale” says independent Horwell Report

Posted 18.07.2017 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights, Police Misconduct 0 Comments

The independent investigation by Richard Horwell QC into the collapse of the R v Mouncher trial of 13 police officers has found a catalogue of disclosure errors amounting to an “embarrassment on a national scale” and “a disclosure catastrophe”. The investigation importantly found that one...

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