On 29 October, the policy team at the Ministry of Justice held a web chat offering an opportunity to comment and ask questions on a proposed package of reforms governing the process of judicial review. Richard Mason, Deputy Director – Administrative and Civil Justice, claimed “… There’s actually been a 27% increase in non-immigration and asylum cases – from around 2,300 in 2007 to around 3,000 in 2012…”…
Varda Bondy and Maurice Sunkin: How Many JRs are too many? An evidence based response to ‘Judicial Review: Proposals for Further Reform’…
The charity is running a campaign ‘Stand up for your right to challenge the Government’…
Wednesday 23 October PLP’s Martha Spurrier gave evidence and answered questions on the Government’s exceptional funding regime. This was part of the Joint Committee on Human Rights enquiry into the implications for access to justice of the Government’s proposals to reform Legal Aid,…
On 16 October 2013 Bindmans LLP, acting on behalf of the Public Law Project, sent a pre-action letter to the Ministry of Justice regarding the Government’s decision to implement a residence test for civil legal aid.…
The PLP publishes a briefing paper to help respondents to the Government’s judicial review reform consultation.…
PLP HAS PROVIDED WRITTEN EVIDENCE TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN RESPONSE TO AN ENQUIRY INTO THE IMPLICATIONS FOR ACCESS TO JUSTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSED LEGAL AID REFORMS…
From Third Sector Daily: Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of Acevo, said the move was a "direct attack on charities’ ability to campaign".…
On Friday 6 September 2013 the MoJ opened its consultation seeking views on proposals in a number of key areas.Judicial Review: proposals for further reform…
Topic: Using the law to tackle Disability Hate Crime Speakers: Sarah Ricca – lawyer from Deighton Pierce Glynn, Dale Simon – Head of public accountability and inclusion at the Crown Prosecution Service and Ruth Bashall – disability hate crime campaigner When:Tuesday 10 September from 5.30 for 6pm – 8pm
Venue: SCOPE, 6 Market Road, London N7 9PW…
Hart Publishing have decided to make the special issue of the journal freely available online – the issue deals with responses to the government’s lgeal aid reforms…
The Public Law Project looks at the latest statistics on exceptional funding from the Legal Aid Agency, which show that the scheme is not fit for purpose and does not provide a safeguard for access to justice.…