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 January 20 2021
High Court hearing in torture case
Between 2002 – 2006 UK Security Services sent questions to the CIA to be used in interrogations of Abu Zubaydah despite knowing that he was subject to extreme mistreatment and probable torture.
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Published Thursday November 26 2020
Raju Bhatt appointed as Assessor on Public Inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh
Raju Bhatt has been appointed as one of two assessors on the Public Inquiry into the police restraint related death of Sheku Bayoh in May 2015 in Kirkaldy, Scotland.
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Published Monday November 23 2020
Advanced Police Law Course
Tony Murphy of Bhatt Murphy is one of the trainers on the Legal Action Group’s Advanced Actions Against the Police course on 2 and 3 December 2020.
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Published Monday November 23 2020
Rough sleeping migrants targeted with enforcement action
New immigration rules by the Home Office target migrants sleeping rough with enforcement action.
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Published Thursday November 5 2020
Undercover Policing Inquiry Opening Statement
Opening submissions were made to the Inquiry by Matthew Ryder QC on behalf of the clients that Bhatt Murphy represents. These include families who suffered bereavements, campaigners for justice and police accountability and elected representatives.
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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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