Funding Public Law Cases

Examination of: legal aid for judicial review; Protective Costs Orders (PCO); Condition Fee Agreements (CFA); the implications of the Jackson costs proposals.

Court of Protection: Update

This paper looks into recent developments in the Court of Protection , the Court’s welfare jurisdiction and the developing case law on deprivation of liberty.

Challenging Cuts to Health and Social Care

This paper provides an overview of recent caselaw regarding cuts to health and social care.

The Equalities Duties: An Update

This paper looks at how the equalities duties have been used in key cases. It also looks at the Equality Act 2010 and its ‘drawing together’ of previous legislation.

Mediation in Judicial Review: a practitioners’ handbook

What place does mediation have in judicial review cases? Research by the Public Law Project (PLP) and the University of Essex on the permission stage in judicial review concluded that most judicial review claims are settled and that most settlements satisfy the claims made in the judicial review. While some cases that settle as a result of bilateral negotiations could arguably result in a better outcome for one or both parties were they mediated instead , mediation is an unlikely option where more familiar and straightforward routes to disposal are available to lawyers.

Community Care: Practising Public Law in a Recession

Consideration of rights and remedies in adult social care – community care as a public law discipline.

Article 6 ECHR and the Duty to be Fair

Where does the duty of fairness come from , when does it apply and what does it require?

Common Law Rights: Usage, development and the future

This paper analyses the ‘principle of legality’ and ‘anxious scrutiny’ and their role in securing the protection of constitutional rights since the enactment of the HRA.

Trends and Forecasts in Judicial Review

Two leading practitioners give an authoritative account of the year’s most important cases with insight into the implications for the future.

Top Ten Judicial Review Cases in 2010

An essential review of the key cases heard over the last year followed by authoritative forecast of the trends in Judicial Review for practitioners.

Judicial Review and Rights of Access to Information

This paper provides an overview of practical issues regarding access to information.

Funding Public Law: What it Costs and How to Pay for it

A summary of the costs issued involved in bringing various types of public law disputes , from complaints to test case litigation; how to get round them; and how to get paid in the process.