Background We recently acted for a vulnerable young adult who had been assessed by his local authority as having adoption support needs and required psycho-therapy as a result. His local authority made an application to the Adoption Support Fund (“ASF”), a scheme run by the Department for...
Justine Pierce’s son has attention deficit disorder and is on the autism spectrum. As a result he is too anxious to go to his mainstream school. Despite Justine having explained her son’s difficulties, the Council have instigated a prosecution against her for her son’s non-attendance before...
Our client’s son, a 14-year-old boy with a diagnosis of autism and special education needs (SEN), was unable to attend his mainstream school due to the high level of anxiety caused by his disability needs. Despite being aware of his diagnosis and that this was the...
Last Wednesday the Secretary of State for the Home Department finally announced the launch of the long awaited Windrush Compensation Scheme stating up to £200m will be available to victims affects by the scandal. Although it is a very positive step in the right direction,...
Solicitors at Matthew Gold & Company have recently submitted representations to the Home Office’s call for evidence on behalf of a number of clients affected by the Windrush scandal. This follows from scandal that broke earlier this year confirming that the Home Office did not...
In response to the severe post-war labour shortage the British government invited migrants from Caribbean colonies to the UK with the promise of work. HMT Empire Windrush was the first ship to set sail from the Caribbean and brought migrants from Trinidad, Bermuda, Jamaica and...
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...
Following legal pre-action correspondence, the Prime Minister has confirmed that she will consider appointment of panel members to sit alongside Sir Martin Moore-Bick on the Grenfell Inquiry and when doing so, she will have regard to her obligations under the Equality Act 2010.1 Shafika Ragab, who...
This month we welcome two new interns to Matthew Gold & Company as part of the University of Sussex First Generation Scholars scheme: Remi Gibbons and Hollie Tompkins. The scheme offers financial support for students with a household income under £42,875 per year, plus non-financial benefits to...
MG & Co’s client, Ms OA has been successful in judicial review proceedings against Department for Business Innovation & Skills (‘BIS’) over their refusal to grant her student finance. Ms OA is a single mother of two boys. She has lawfully lived in the UK for almost...