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City of London Police pay-out to G20 protesters but take 18 months to remove personal data from national database
Eleven members of the protester group, Space Hijackers, have secured over £60,000 in damages from the City of London Police for false imprisonment, assault, and breaches of the Human Rights…
HJA lawyer joins new advisory group to improve access to justice for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma
This month saw the launch of the Equality & Social Justice Unit (ESJU), aimed at improving Gypsy, Traveller and Roma access to justice and challenging unlawful discrimination and human rights…
Inquest into death of 29-year-old man finds failings by Cygnet Healthcare contributed to his death on St Austell railway
Today, a jury at the inquest into the death of David Knight, a 29-year-old man from St Austell in Cornwall, has found that failings in risk assessments and communication with…
Judge overturns England’s refusal to provide treatment to 17 year old woman with narcolepsy
In a judgment delivered today at the Royal Courts of Justice, Mr Justice Collins has overturned NHS England’s decision to refuse funding for a drug, Sodium Oxybate (brand name Xyrem),…
Shortage of neurologists at Whipps Cross Hospital creates risk of future deaths, coroner warns
A lack of available specialist neurologists at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Waltham Forest creates the risk of future patient deaths a London coroner has warned. He has also raised…
DSEI protest prosecution challenge labelled ‘frivolous’ and ‘misconceived’
A magistrate has labelled as ‘frivolous’ and ‘misconceived’ an appeal lodged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to challenge the acquittals of eight people who protested at the Defence and Security Equipment…