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 Monday April 29 2019
Inquest into death of 20 year old Sasha Forster in care of Surrey mental health services begins
Sasha Forster died aged 20 on 31 March 2017. She had been detained under the Mental Health Act and died after taking an overdose whilst on leave from a mental health hospital run by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
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Published Wednesday April 17 2019
Priory Group convicted of breach of health and safety law
The Priory Group has today been found guilty of breaching s.3(1) of the Health and Safety Act and fined £300,000 following the death of 14 year old Amy El-Keria in one of its hospitals in 2012.
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Published Monday April 15 2019
Inquest finds serious failures at Sodexo run HMP Peterborough contributed to death of Annabella Landsberg
The inquest into the death of Annabella Landsberg, who was 45 and had Type 2 diabetes, has concluded finding a catalogue of serious failures in HMP Peterborough, a private prison run by Sodexo.
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Published Tuesday April 9 2019
Daphne Caruana Galizia deceased
The family of Daphne Caruana Galizia deceased has been forced to litigate the Prime Minister of Malta’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into her assassination on 16 October 2017.
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Published Tuesday April 9 2019
Daphne Caruana Galizia deceased
On 9 April 2019, the Council of Europe’s Legal Affairs Committee is holding a further hearing in relation to the report by Rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt, on ‘Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Assassination and the Rule of Law, in Malta and Beyond: Ensuring the Whole Truth Emerges.’
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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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