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.
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Today at the Royal Courts of Justice, a three judge panel of the Upper Tribunal has ruled that the Work Capability Assessment substantially disadvantages claimants with mental health problems, because the system is designed to deal with a high volume of claimants who can accurately report the way in which their disability affects their fitness to work.
A three judge court rules that the Work Capability Assessment discriminates against claimants with a mental health disability