15 Nov Migrant Phone Seizures Judicial Review: Briefing Note

Posted 15.11.2022 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights, Information Law, Judicial Review, Migrant Rights 0 Comments

In its two judgments of 25 March 2022 and 14 October 2022 (published 11 November 2022) in the case of R (HM, MA & KH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, the High Court has comprehensively ruled that the Home Office’s secret and...

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01 Nov Gold Jennings recognised in Chambers and Partners for another year

Posted 01.11.2022 | Judicial Review, Police Misconduct 0 Comments

We are pleased to announce that Gold Jennings has once again been included in the prestigious Chambers and Partners UK Rankings for 2023 in Band 3 in both the Police Law and Administrative and Public Law categories. In the Police Law category our firm is recognised...

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17 Oct High Court rules that a failure of governance allowed the Home Secretary’s unlawful phone seizure policy to operate

Posted 17.10.2022 | Human Rights, Information Law, Judicial Review, Migrant Rights 0 Comments

Following the previous ruling that the Home Secretary’s secret and blanket policy of seizing mobile phones and extracting data from migrants arriving by small boat was unlawful, the High Court on Friday 14 October 2022 took the unusual further step of holding another hearing to...

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13 Oct Tomorrow (14 October), the High Court will consider the Home Secretary’s breaches of her duty of candour for initially denying the existence of a blanket policy of seizing asylum seekers’ mobile phones, a policy she later admitted was unlawful

Posted 13.10.2022 | Human Rights, Information Law, Judicial Review, Migrant Rights 0 Comments

In a landmark judgment in R (HM, MA, & KH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 695 (Admin) in March of this year, the High Court held that the Home Office’s blanket and secret policy of seizing mobile phones from asylum...

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30 Sep Gold Jennings recognised in Legal 500 for another year

Posted 30.09.2022 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights, Judicial Review, Police Misconduct 0 Comments

Gold Jennings are delighted to be recognised for another year in the Legal 500 rankings. Legal 500 is widely recognised as the world’s largest legal referral guide. The 2022 rankings recognises that Gold Jennings “punches well above its weight in civil liberties and human rights...

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25 Aug Coroner agrees to resume inquest into death of domestic homicide victim Lucy-Anne Dyson following judicial review

Posted 25.08.2022 | Civil Claims Against Public Authorities, Human Rights, Inquests, Judicial Review, Police Misconduct 0 Comments

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...

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24 May Clare Jennings shortlisted for Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award 2022

Posted 24.05.2022 | Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are very proud to announce that Gold Jennings' Director Clare Jennings has been shortlisted for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award 2022 in social welfare. Clare has had an amazing couple of years and done phenomenal work leading Gold Jennings' Public Law and Community...

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07 Apr Times Lawyer of the Week: Clare Jennings

Posted 07.04.2022 | Human Rights, Judicial Review, Migrant Rights 0 Comments

Gold Jennings' Lawyer and Director Clare Jennings has been named Times Lawyer of the Week following her work on behalf of asylum seekers who successfully challenged the government’s secret blanket policy of seizing mobile phones from small boat arrivals. Last month the High Court ruled that...

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25 Mar High Court rules that Home Secretary’s secret policy of seizing and retaining mobile phones from asylum seekers arriving by small boat unlawful and breached human rights

Posted 25.03.2022 | Human Rights, Information Law, Judicial Review, Migrant Rights 0 Comments

Today, the High Court ruled that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully and breached human rights and data protection laws by operating a secret, blanket policy of seizing, retaining and extracting data from the mobile phones of asylum seekers arriving by small boat. This claim for judicial...

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24 Mar Government permanently extends Free school meals and Pupil Premium

Posted 24.03.2022 | Discrimination and Equality, Human Rights, Judicial Review, Migrant Rights 0 Comments

Gold Jennings is delighted to announce that following a cross departmental review - which was conducted following our clients' threat of judicial review -  the Government has decided to permanently extend Free School Meals and the Pupil Premium to children from NRPF families. Written statements -...

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25 Jan High Court to hear asylum seekers’ challenge to Home Secretary’s policy of seizing mobile phones from boat arrivals and extracting data

Posted 25.01.2022 | Human Rights, Information Law, Judicial Review, Migrant Rights 0 Comments

Today the High Court will hear a judicial review challenge to the Secretary of State's secret and blanket policy of seizing the mobile phones of all migrants who entered the UK by small boat between April 2020 and November 2020. Arrivals were also told, wrongly,...

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21 Oct Gold Jennings recognised in Chambers and Partners

Posted 21.10.2021 | Uncategorized 0 Comments

We are delighted that Gold Jennings has been included in the very prestigious Chambers and Partners UK Rankings for 2022. In being ranked as tier 3 for Administrative and Public Law: Traditional Claimant, our Public Law Department is recognised for our "expertise [in] acting for claimants...

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