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Report publication: 4 December 2025 This statement is provided on behalf of Dawn’s family: Our heartfelt aim throughout this long process has always been to do right by our daughter, mother and sister Dawn. In the immediate aftermath of her death, Wiltshire Police wrongly characterised Dawn as a drug user, and the public were wrongly … Read More

Statement of Christopher Cash – 15 October 2025 “I wish to reiterate that I am completely innocent. Not just because the case against me wasdropped, but because at no point did I ever intentionally assist Chinese intelligence. As I said tothe police when I was arrested, such a suggestion is against everything I stand for. … Read More

Birnberg Peirce – Colin Campbell – Press statement 23 September 2025 Fresh evidence in Court of Appeal cases & permission to appeal to the Supreme Court Today, in a quite extraordinary and kafkaesque process, a judge sitting alone in a two-minute hearing, read out a decision in which the court stated that the question* the … Read More

HILLSBOROUGH LAW A landmark Hillsborough Law Bill, officially known as The Public Office (Accountability) Bill has been introduced by the UK government today, 16 September 2025, to begin its journey towards becoming law.  This historic bill will impose a duty on public bodies to tell the truth in all future investigations into disasters or face criminal … Read More

The Independent Office of Police Conduct ‘IOPC’ recently determined two officers will face a misconduct meeting for allegedly failing to safeguard Natalie Shotter, who was raped and killed in Southall Park in July 2021. This decision by the IOPC overturns the Met Police decision, who initially determined the two officers should not be subject to … Read More

4872229 RACIST MURDERS AND POLICING joint press release – RA and JBL – 22.10.24 (003)

We in his firm sadly pass on the news of Ben’s death and our gratitude to him for the extraordinary example he gave in his life and in his work. We hope that we can remember and do justice to everything he single-handedly fought for, although understanding that Ben was and still is, irreplaceable. Trailblazing … Read More

24 April 2023 MEDIA RELEASE Kelvin Igweani: Family responds to inquest conclusion of ‘lawful killing’ by Thames Valley police This media release is by Birnberg Peirce solicitors Before HM Assistant Coroner Dr Sean Cummings Milton Keynes Coroner Court 3 April – 19 April 2023 An inquest jury has found that Kelvin Igweani, aged 24, was … Read More

Statement on behalf of Shamima Begum 22 February 2023 1. We the lawyers entrusted with the representation of Ms Begum in circumstances of extreme difficulty, register our profound disagreement with the decision taken by the Home Secretary in 2019 and the diminution by the Supreme Court of the ability of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission … Read More

Today at 2pm the Undercover Policing Inquiry  will hear closing submissions by Charlotte Kilroy KC on behalf of 25 women deceived into relationships by undercover police officers (UCOs), a child of one of those relationships and a man deceived into a close long-term friendship. The written submissions are published here. They highlight a buried report published … Read More