19 Apr

Posted 19.04.2023 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Domestic Violence, Human Rights, Police Misconduct

Matthew Gold, director of Gold Jennings has settled a civil claim against the Chief Constable of Surrey Police for £850,000 subject to Court approval.  Matthew represents the surviving children whose mother was murdered by their father following an abusive relationship.   Surrey Police accepted liability for...

25 Aug

Posted 25.08.2022 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights, Inquests, Judicial Review, Police Misconduct

The High Court has ordered by consent that the Coroner for Portsmouth, Hampshire and Southampton resume an Article 2 inquest into the death of Lucy-Anne Dyson. Lucy-Anne was killed in June 2019 by her husband Sean Dyson, who pleaded guilty to murder part way through...

16 Apr

Posted 16.04.2019 | Human Rights, Information Law, Judicial Review, Police Misconduct

Following judicial review proceedings brought by MG&Co, the High Court has ruled that Sussex Police unlawfully disclosed our teenage client’s vulnerability to child exploitation to a Business Crime Reduction Partnership. The Honourable Mrs Justice Lieven ruled that the disclosure breached the Claimant’s rights under the Data...

18 Jul

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

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...

30 Jun

Posted 30.06.2017 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Discrimination and Equality, Domestic Violence, Employment Law, Human Rights, Information Law, Inquests, Inquiries, Judicial Review, Migrant Rights, Police Misconduct

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...