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 Tuesday September 10 2019
Death of immigration detainee could have been prevented, inquest concludes
The inquest into the death of Bai Bai Ahmed Kabia has concluded that he died as a result of a brain haemorrhage arising from an undiagnosed malformation of blood vessels in the brain. The jury found that there was a missed opportunity for his ill health to be diagnosed and treated; and that...
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Published Tuesday September 10 2019
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The family of Daphne Caruana Galizia has asked the Foreign Office to support the call for a public inquiry into her assassination
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Published Monday August 19 2019
Coroner highlights possible increased suicide risk amongst young Eritrean refugees
The Senior Coroner for Inner North London, Ms Mary Hassell, has directed the London Borough of Camden to alert other local authorities that there may be an increased risk of suicide amongst Eritrean young people who arrived in the UK as Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC).
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Published Thursday August 1 2019
Daniel Morgan family statement on damages award in murder suspects' claim against police
The family of Daniel Morgan have spoken out today in the wake of the High Court award of damages in the claim brought against the Metropolitan Police by those suspected of the murder of Daniel Morgan.
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Published Tuesday July 30 2019
Vindication of refugee children's rights
The Home Office has lost its appeal in MS (a child by his litigation friend MAS) an important case relating to the rights of child refugees seeking family reunion.
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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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