The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the Public Law Project’s challenge to the government’s proposed ‘residence test’ for civil legal aid. The proposed ‘residence test’ would have denied access to justice to the many people unable to show that they met its requirements. On 18 April 2016, at the end of the first day of the hearing, a seven-Justice Supreme Court had unanimously allowed the Public Law Project’s challenge to the test, accepting our argument that the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (“LASPO”) did not give the Lord Chancellor the power to introduce regulations that would exclude a group of people from civil legal aid on the basis of ‘residence.’…
13 Jul 2016
PLP is pleased to announce that Alison Pickup will be joining us as our Legal Director. Alison will come to PLP from Doughty Street Chambers, where she has established a highly regarded practice acting for the vulnerable and dispossessed.…
27 May 2016
Yesterday a seven-Justice Supreme Court unanimously allowed the Public Law Project’s challenge to the Government’s proposed residence test for civil legal aid, reversing the judgment of the Court of Appeal.…
19 Apr 2016
Press release British courts have today upheld the rule of law. For ten years the Algerian Government has refused any independent international monitoring of its secret prisons, in a climate where many other countries have accepted this as a necessity for a modern democracy. Algeria’s refusal to agree to such monitoring, despite the best efforts…
The Supreme Court has expedited the case to be heard on 18 and 19 April 2016.…
12 Apr 2016