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...

04 Jan

Posted 04.01.2023 | Uncategorized

Matthew Gold of Gold Jennings has succeeded in a claim against an NHS Trust for failing to properly preserve the body of Paul Murray by freezing it.   Matthew settled a claim for Caroline Murray after the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust failed to properly preserve...

17 Oct

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

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...

13 Oct

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

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...

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...