Judicial review proceedings issued challenging Kent County Council’s (“KCC”) care charging policy, which the Claimant had alleged had resulted in individuals overpaying for their social care, was settled just days before trial after KCC, who despite maintaining their policy was lawful, agreed to make significant...
Gold Jennings represented the family of a patient who was permitted to leave an acute psychiatric ward at Springfield Hospital, managed by South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust, when they should not have been. The Coroner concluded that a series of failures...
Gold Jennings has been ranked by Legal 500 in its 2026 UK-wide guide for excellence in law, receiving recognition in three key public sector categories: Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, and Healthcare. Clare Jennings, Director and Head of Public Law and Community...
Department of Health and Social Care to consider families with pre-settled status without a qualifying right to reside in ongoing consultation into the Healthy Start Scheme eligibility criteria Following a threat of judicial review proceedings by Gold Jennings, the Department of Health and Social Care (“DHSC”)...
Summary In a significant ruling today, the High Court of Justice has found that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully and in breach of her duties under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 by accommodating three vulnerable asylum seekers - TG, MN, and HAA - at RAF...
Gold Jennings represent the family of Gemma Marjoram who was killed by her husband, Michael Cowey, on 19 June 2020 at a disused hospital site near Norwich. Gemma was just 38 when she died leaving behind three children. Prior to her death, Gemma had been...
We are very proud that our public law team has been shortlisted for the Administrative and Public Law Team of the Year award at the inaugural Chambers and Partners' Chambers UK Awards 2025. These awards celebrate the "finest legal teams" in the country. Celebrating the work of...
Before HM Assistant Coroner Edmund Gritt South London Coroner’s Court 7 – 15 October 2024 Gold Jennings represented the family of Chenise Gregory, 29, who died at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate on 4 May 2021 having suffered 22 stab wounds inflicted by her partner, Michael...
Four asylum seekers challenging the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s use of RAF Wethersfield as asylum accommodation are set to have their cases heard at a four-day trial in the Royal Court’s of Justice from 23-26 July 2024. The asylum seekers were granted permission...
In response to legal proceedings issued by Gold Jennings’ client “MS” in March 2024, the Home Secretary has admitted that the Home Office intentionally delayed the claims for permission to stay made by asylum seeking trafficking victims who were at the time earmarked for possible...
27 February 2024: Four asylum seekers who issued claims for judicial review against the Home Secretary after being accommodated at the controversial military site, RAF Wethersfield, have today been selected as lead claimants and granted permission to proceed with their claims to trial in July...
In a highly critical judgment yesterday, the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) severely criticised the Home Secretary’s flawed conduct in judicial proceedings brought by the Claimant, a Palestinian refugee, challenging the refusal to grant her a visa on the basis that her presence in...