Gold Jennings have successfully settled a claim for damages brought by a mother (“AB”) and her son (“BC”) against Telford & Wrekin Council. The claim arose from a 10-month period in 2020 during which our clients were separated after the Defendant removed the child into...
The Claimant, a disabled survivor of domestic abuse, has been granted permission to proceed with her judicial review challenge of the Legal Aid Agency’s (“LAA”) policy of treating backdated Personal Independence Payments (“PIP”) as capital, which currently prevents individuals such as the Claimant from accessing...
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...
Our congratulations go to Olivia Halse who won the Rising Star Award at the 2023 Modern Law Awards last night. We are delighted that Olivia's outstanding contribution to the firm and the sector has been recognised in this way. Our firm was shortlisted for Boutique firm of...
Matthew Gold of Gold Jennings has settled another claim against an NHS Trust for failing to preserve a body. Cameron Whelan’s body was so badly decomposed that his family was told not to view it. Matthew Gold represented the family of Cameron in a claim...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...