Topic: Under attack: disabled peoples access to justice. Update on what is happening and how we can respond
Speakers: Nick Armstrong: Barrister Matrix Chambers; Ravi Low-Beer: The Public Law Project and disability rights campaigners (tbc)…
23 Jan 2014
From LAG’s website:
The independent commission established by LAG and led by the cross-bench peer Lord Low has published its report today, 9th January. The Commission is calling for urgent reforms to ensure ordinary people can get the help they need to deal with employment, debt, housing and other social welfare law problems.…
9 Jan 2014
This report is taken largely from the Joint select Committee’s own pages at Parliament.uk…
13 Dec 2013
The Court of Appeal today (4 December 2013) rejected the Government’s appeal against a landmark ruling by the Upper Tribunal that the Work Capability Assessment discriminates against people with mental health problems. Ravi Low-Beer, of The Public Law Project, acted as the claimant’s solicitor.…
4 Dec 2013
PLP have made a written submission in response to the JCHR’s call for further evidence into the implications for access to justice of the Government’s proposals to reform legal aid, this time by examining some of the Government’s proposals to reform judicial review (as set out in its Consultation Paper Judicial Review: Proposals for further reform).…
28 Nov 2013