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Welcome to Bhatt Murphy Solicitors

“This fantastic firm continually punches above its weight... a leader in the field, providing a standard of work others seek to follow.”
Chambers and Partners, 2010

The lawyers at Bhatt Murphy have come together to make a contribution to the protection of civil liberties in this country.

We understand that change can not be effected through legal proceedings alone. We work with our clients, campaign groups, politicians and state agencies to improve human rights compliance outside the courts.

Home Office Admits Unlawful Detention Of Family

On 29 January 2010 the High Court approved the financial settlement of £100,000. Carmen Quiroga and her 4 young children were detained unlawfully at Oakington Detention Centre for 42 days in 2004. Carmen and her children suffered appalling conditions of detention and sustained psychiatric injuries. On 1 October 2009, the Home Office admitted that they had falsely imprisoned the family. Read more about Home Office Admits Unlawful Detention Of Family

New Parole Book

The second edition of Hamish Arnott and Simon Creighton's book 'Parole Board Hearings: Law & Practice' has been published by Legal Action Group. Copies of the book can be purchased direct from LAG. Read more about New Parole Book

Court of Appeal delivers judgment in test case concerning remit of post-Middleton inquest verdicts

In R (on the application of Keith Lewis) v. HM Coroner for Mid and North Division of the County of Shropshire, the Court of Appeal has found that in order to satisfy the requirements of Article 2 ECHR, inquests must identify system failings that might have prevented deaths in custody even where it can never be known whether the defects in the system would have prevented the death. Read more about Court of Appeal delivers judgment in test case concerning remit of post-Middleton inquest verdicts

See the Chambers & Partners Directory 2010 entry for Bhatt Murphy work on police law, prison law and public law
For legal and policy research see our timelines.

You will find downloads and links to judgments, policy documents and backgound information concerning our cases.
The second edition of 'Parole Board Hearings' by Simon Creighton & Hamish Arnott was publish by LAG in January 2010. This and their other LAG publication, 'Prisoners: Law & Practice' can be obtained from LAG.
Read Fiona Murphy's Guardian article concerning failings in the police complaints process:
TSG complaints: suffused by lack of will