What we do
PLP is committed to promoting progressive reforms to judicial review and wider constitutional reforms. Legislative and policy reforms pursued by the current Government risk seriously undermining the mechanisms by which marginalised groups can challenge public bodies.
We continue to focus on the development and dissemination of accessible research and evidence-based storytelling to counter inaccurate and harmful narratives that seek to limit government accountability.
How we do it
Casework
PLP regularly represents individuals and charities in cases to help them to challenge unfair systems, enforce their rights, and to improve access to judicial review.
- Medical Justice’s challenge to Home Office ‘no-notice’ removals – Medical Justice v Secretary of State for Home Department
- Enforcing Human Rights legislation: RR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (‘bedroom tax’)and RF v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (disability benefits and mental health)
- Ben Hoare Bell v Lord Chancellor
- Protecting charities from legal costs in judicial review – Cornerhouse and Bahta
If you are a charity or NGO and you would like to speak with one of our caseworkers, please get in touch: s.harper@publiclawproject.org.uk
Research and policy
PLP helps to inform on-going policy discussions on judicial review by sharing and disseminating research and insight about how the system works and the barriers people face in accessing public law remedies.
We also publish resources on how public law and strategic litigation can be used to challenge unfair systems and to clarify the law in the wider public interest.
We regularly produce consultation responses and briefings for Parliamentarians.
- PLP’s submission to the Independent Review of Administrative Law
- Judicial Review during COVID-19, Dr Joe Tomlinson, Emma Marshal, Jo Hynes, Jack Maxwell
- Costs in judicial review: Aarhus and costs in environmental judicial review, conference papers and slides
- Costs for defendants: Costs in judicial review, conference papers and slides
- Case law update: Costs in judicial review, conference papers and slides
- Judicial Review in Wales, Dr Sarah Nason and PLP
- Financial barriers to accessing judicial review, Ravi Low-Beer and Dr Joe Tomlinson
- An introduction to judicial review, a PLP guide
- The value and effects of judicial review, Maurice Sunkin, Varda Bondy and Lucinda Platt
If you work in Government, academia, policy or research, or if you want to know more about our research and policy work in judicial review, please get in touch: research@publiclawproject.org.uk
Working with charities, NGOs and civil society organisations
PLP works with a wide range of charity and civil society groups to identify and pursue public law issues affecting their beneficiary groups. We work with NGOs, campaigners and academics to understand how and when strategic litigation can be used most effectively.
Through a strategic partnership with the Lankelly Chase Foundation, PLP works directly with frontline charities to support people facing severe and multiple disadvantage.
- Read: Supporting systems changers, key lessons drawn from the first two years of the Lankelly Chase and PLP partnership
- How PLP works with charities, NGOs and civil society organisations
- Lankelly Chase Strategic Partnership
Training and resources
Each year hundreds of lawyers from charities, private practice and NGOs, as well as advisers and public authority decision-makers, attend PLP’s flagship How to do Judicial Review training. PLP also produces regular training programmes on specific aspects of judicial review, such as on how to navigate costs and financial barriers. Additionally, we deliver bespoke training packages for charities and advisers as well as guides on judicial review for members of the public.
- Take a look at our extensive training programmes
- Read some of our free training conference resources
- Read PLP’s guides on judicial review and public law
“I have definitely been more proactive in initiating pre action protocol procedures and applying for funding … I have used the information pack a great deal in a current case.” – Testimonial
Get in touch with a member of our training team: events@publiclawproject.org.uk