Bhatt Murphy Solicitors

defending civil liberties

Welcome to Bhatt Murphy

Bhatt Murphy was established in 1998 by a group of lawyers who share a commitment to the protection of civil liberties.

We offer specialist help to members of the public who seek accountability from the state and its officers. 

We are motivated by the needs of our clients and use the law as a tool to assist in the realisation of their objectives.  We aim to deliver a high quality legal service irrespective of our client's ability to pay.

 
Published Wednesday February 6 2019
Home Office ordered to pay damages for breach of child’s rights
The Upper Tribunal has ordered the Home Office to pay damages for breaching a young asylum seeker’s right to family life with his UK resident relative.
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Published Tuesday February 5 2019
Settlement in Medical Justice judicial review challenging Home Office definition of torture
The Home Office has made concessions in response to a judicial review by Medical Justice which challenged a revised definition of torture for the purposes of identifying vulnerable detainees.
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Published Tuesday February 5 2019
The memory of Seni Lewis lives on at the launch of the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Training Standards 2019
The Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Training Standards 2019 – commissioned by Health Education England on behalf of the NHS – provide a national benchmark for the training of those who are required to provide support and care to the most vulnerable and distressed people in education, health...
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Published Friday February 1 2019
Donna Williamson inquest to start on Monday 4 Feb
Inquest to consider whether more could have been done to protect victim of domestic homicide
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Published Tuesday January 29 2019
Elderly prisoner sues MOJ over rats in prison
An elderly former prisoner has spoken to the Guardian about his appalling living conditions inside HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
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Police Misconduct

We specialise in representing those who have suffered ill-treatment or abuse of power at the hands of the police and other detaining authorities.

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Public Law

Public law is at the forefront of all our work and one of the main tools that can be used to make the state and its tribunals more accountable and accessible.

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Immigration Detention

The focus of our work is holding those in power to account and obtaining redress for those who are detained wrongly or in very poor conditions.

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