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,...
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...
We are extremely pleased to be Highly Commended by the Law Society's 2021 Excellence Awards in the Excellence in Access to Justice and Small Firm of the Year categories. The Law Society referred to our "outstanding work on judicial review test cases to secure the rights...
Matthew Gold & Co are pleased to be recognised for another year in the Legal 500 rankings. Legal 500 is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide. The 2022 rankings showcase the firm’s extensive expertise and “strong reputation” in human rights, actions against...
Matthew Gold & Co. Public Law and Community Care Team are delighted to have won the Team of the Year award at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2021 (LALY Awards 2021). The LALY Awards are an opportunity to highlight and celebrate the...
Matthew Gold and Co. Ltd. have been featured in a documentary by Gutter Space which explores refugee camps in the UK, featuring our very own Olivia Halse. View it here at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D041ynKHEJU For more information, please contact us at info@matthewgold.co.uk or 020 8445 9268....
Following a judicial review brought on behalf of two clients, the Secretary of State has agreed to extend the pupil premium for the financial year April 2021-2022, so as to mirror the criteria for the “No Recourse to Public Funds” free school meals extension. Schools should...
In a damning and much awaited judgment handed down today (NB & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC) the High Court found that the Home Secretary’s decision to use Napier Barracks to accommodate destitute asylum seeking men was unlawful and...
Following a claim for judicial review the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has confirmed that many more babies and toddlers from the poorest families in the UK will be entitled support under the Healthy Start Scheme. The Healthy Start Scheme aims to reduce...
Before Dr Anton van Dellen, HM Assistant Coroner West London Coroner’s Court 10 – 21 May 2021 Winston Augustine, 43, died on Thursday 30 August 2018 at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. An inquest has concluded that multiple failures by the prison service to meet Winston’s basic needs directly...
Tomorrow the High Court will begin a two day trial before the honourable Mr Justice Linden to determine whether the Home Secretary's use of the former military Napier Barracks as asylum support accommodation was lawful. The claim is brought by 6 Claimants in 5 joined claims,...
The Healthy Start scheme aims to reduce child poverty and health inequalities by providing vitamins, nutritional advice, and weekly vouchers to buy nutritional food or infant formula to low income families with pregnant women and children up to the age of 4. It is intended...