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 Friday May 7 2021
Family failed by NHS Trust to open crisis house
The family of 20-year-old Sasha Forster, a vulnerable woman who was turned away from A&E while in crisis on the day of her death, have achieved a substantive settlement in their claim against the NHS Trust whose psychiatric liaison staff refused to see her. Sasha, whose diagnoses included OCD and...
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Published Wednesday May 5 2021
Call for reform of Armed Policing
BBC Radio 4 has broadcast a documentary concerning the need for reform in armed policing following the Anthony Grainger Inquiry.
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Published Friday April 30 2021
Met Police officer dismissed
Met police officer found guilty of gross misconduct after using up to 34 baton strikes on Black teenage girl with learning disabilities
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Published Friday April 23 2021
Police Ban on Colston Protest Unlawful
Avon & Somerset Constabulary has admitted its banning all protest during the January lockdown was unlawful and in breach of the Human Rights Act.
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Published Wednesday April 21 2021
Undercover Policing Inquiry
The second stage of Inquiry hearings will hear an opening statement on behalf of Celia Stubbs on 21 April. Celia Stubbs is the partner of Blair Peach who was killed by a police officer at an anti-racism demonstration in Southall on 23 April 1979. Celia was spied upon whilst campaigning for justice...
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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 & Migrant Rights

The focus of Bhatt Murphy’s immigration detention and migrant rights work is holding those in power to account and obtaining redress for migrants who are wrongly detained, held in poor conditions or unlawfully affected by the Home Office’s ‘hostile environment’ policies.

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