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Justice Committee evaluates impact of pandemic crisis measures on legal profession and courts
Description: LAG
Legal Action Group
on Aug 2020
News and comment
Two recently published reports by the Justice Committee have highlighted the crisis that the legal...
Tags Legal Action - Sep 2020Legal professionCOVID-19Justice Committee
Description: Housing1
No pets, no smokers … no DSS?
Description: Rose Arnall - author
Rose Arnall
Description: Tessa Buchanan - author
Tessa Buchanan
on Jul 2020
News and comment
In a recent case in the County Court at York, the judge declared a ‘no housing benefit’...
Tags Legal Action - Sep 2020HousingHousing benefitUniversal creditSocial security
Description: Anna Jones
LALYs 2020: a virtual coming together of one community of social justice lawyers
Description: Catherine Baksi - author
Catherine Baksi
on Jul 2020
News and comment
On 7 July, hundreds of supporters watched the first ever virtual Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards...
Tags LALY20Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awardsLALYslegal aidaccess to justice
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Coronavirus fixed penalty notices: time to review
Description: Pippa Woodrow - author
Pippa Woodrow
on Jul 2020
News and comment
A review of FPNs is the only means to secure justice for those who have been issued them unlawfully.
Tags Legal Action - Jul/Aug 2020COVID-19Police misconductCoronavirus legislationFixed penalty notices
Description: Black Lives Matter vivalapenler_iStock web
Bringing anti-racism into the courtroom
Description: Abimbola Johnson - author
Abimbola Johnson
on Jul 2020
News and comment
The wider criminal justice system needs to reflect on its own role in perpetuating racism.
Tags Criminal justiceRacismDiscriminationBlack Lives MatterAdministration of justice
Description: Black Lives Matter vivalapenler_iStock web
Civil rights/civil liberties lawyers and campaigners stand with family of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter
Description: Deborah Coles - author
Deborah Coles
Description: Marcia Willis Stewart
Marcia Willis Stewart QC (Hon)
Description: Sarah Ricca - author
Sarah Ricca
on Jun 2020
News and comment
INQUEST, Police Action Lawyers Group (PALG), United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) and the...
Tags Legal Action - Jul/Aug 2020Police misconductINQUESTinquests and inquiriesRace discriminationBlack Lives Matter
Description: Bail for Immigration Detainees logo
'Careless and costly': Home Office approach to immigration detention during the COVID-19 crisis
Description: Rudy Schulkind - author
Rudy Schulkind
on Jun 2020
News and comment
Since 23 March 2020, BID has provided representation in 88 hearings, and 83 clients have been...
Tags COVID-19Bail for Immigration DetaineesImmigration detentionImmigration detention bail
Description: Letters
Letter to the editor: Responding to Legal Action piece on JUSTICE Housing Disputes Service
Description: Andrew Arden QC
Andrew Arden QC
on Jun 2020
News and comment
Responding to Legal Action piece on JUSTICE Housing Disputes Service
Tags JUSTICEHousing lawHousing Disputes Serviceaccess to justiceLegal Action - Jul/Aug 2020
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