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For the first time The Public Law Project Have a team taking part in the London Legal Walk.  To Sponsor us Click Here

2/3/12

LSC concede the judicial review brought by Leigh Day on behalf of the PLP

14/12/11

Supreme Court upholds Appeal Court judgement in Payne and Cooper:

giving '...a helping hand to thousands of the poorest people in our society...'

23/11/11

Court of Appeal upholds High Court judgment in Medical Justice Case

19/10/11

PODCAST: Lord Justice Moses speech on inequality and access to justice. Annual PLP conference, 13th October.

21/09/11

PLP instructed to challenge MoJ imposition of single a telephone gateway for Community Care

27/07/11

PLP intervention results in court of appeal ruling that claimants can recover costs in judicial review cases that are settled before trial. Click here for Bahta summary.  

21/07/11

London conference 2011 - programme, booking form and online booking available

18/07/11

PLP IS RECRUITING. Click here to see the job vacancies.

23/06/11

Successful intervention by PLP in landmark public law case, Cart. Click here for press summary.

21/06/11

PLP is supporting a sector wide campaign to save the Equality Act.

1/6/11

PLP will be talking about mediation at Garden Court on 16th June.

28/04/11

PLP's North Conference Thursday 14th July  - full programme and booking form.

27/04/11

PLP is threatening a legal challenge to the  MoJ’s costs and funding reforms

28/03/11

Trustee Vacancy STILL OPEN: PLP is looking for a voluntary treasurer to be appointed to our board of trustees

23/03/11

Supreme Court finds Home Office detention of foreign nationals
pursuant to “secret policy” was unlawful

23/03/11

'Mediation and Judicial Review: A Practical Handbook for Lawyers' now available for download.

15/03/2011

Job Vacancy:  Part time vacancy on a project run jointly by Essex University and PLP

14/03/2011

Legal aid reform: PLP's response to the MoJ's consultation paper on the proposals for the reform of legal aid in England and Wales

11/03/2011

PLP and the Law Society question MoJ telephone advice survey results.

2/02/11

Wales conference 2011

programme now available - Cardiff, May 4th.

2/02/11

Wales conference 2011

programme now available - Cardiff, May 4th.

21/01/11

Court rules benefits deductions in Debt Relief Order cases unlawful – thousands of poorest affected.

18/12/10

Albie Sachs - keynote at PLP's 21st birthday fundraiser.

1/09/10

Advisers Training Day "How to make the perfect Complaint" Manchester and London, dates and programmes.

26/07/2010

High Court quashes UKBA exceptions policy

14/07/2010

Judicial Review - Trends and Forecasts - London 2010 conference programme announced

21/04/2010

PLP represents Medical Justice in a challenge to UK Border Agency

12/4/10

Judicial Review North 24th June 2010: Full programme and booking form now available.

04/01/10

Public Law and Judicial Review: Administrative Justice in Wales  - booking form and programme now available.

11/12/09

Advisers Training Day  - booking form and programme now available.

17/11/09

Ravi Low-Beer nominated for RADAR person of the year award.

1/10/09

PLP's briefing on the MoJ and LSC consultancy paper on proposed changes to legal aid.

14/09/09

Introduction to Judicial Review - Autumn School in the North - programme and booking form

10/07/09

Judicial Review - Trends and Forecasts - London 09 full programme and booking form

2/6/09

Judicial Review Summer School: July dates announced in Birmingham, Bristol and London

1/06/09

PLP's Research Department publishes two important new studies - June 09

9/04/09

Judicial Review North 2009. Full programme announced for 5 June conference

1/04/09

Empowering the Voluntary Sector press release

9/03/09

Harlow District Council breached its statutory duties towards vulnerable individuals

1/03/09

New Advisers Training day announced – London 24th April 09

28/01/08

Leicester Council drops 76% heating charge increase for second poorest estate in UK

21/01/08

Judicial Review Wales conference

12/12/08

MEN: PLP's lawyers help secure U-turn on School Uniform grants

Admin Court Judgment: R (Kaur and Shah) v London Borough of Ealing (Southall Black Sisters case)

New in-house training course: Using complaints procedures & ombudsman schemes to resolve social welfare problems

Empowering the voluntary sector August 08 newsletter

Updated 'Third Party Interventions - A Practical Guide' now available

PLP welcomes Ben Jaffey of Blackstone Chambers to the Management Committee

High Court victory for BME women’s group challenging Ealing Council under the Race Relations Act

Update on position re Admin Court delays (July 2008)

Press release - Court of Appeal clarifies basis on which public interest litigation may be brought

Court of Appeal Judgment: R (Compton) v Wiltshire PCT (CA) (2008)

London Judicial Review conference- full details announced

New 'Public Law Strategic Support' project

Press release - Admin Court takes action on delays

The Public Law Project wins sole LSC contract for Public Law

Response of the Admin Court to PLP's letter before claim

 

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Welcome to the Public Law Project

PLP is an independent, national legal charity which aims to improve access to public law remedies for those whose access is restricted by poverty, discrimination or other similar barriers.

To fulfil its objectives PLP undertakes research, policy initiatives, casework and training across the range of public law remedies. For more information, please go to What is PLP?.

Click here to sign up to our mailing list and receive regular e-mail updates on PLP events.

How To Do Judicial Review

A practical introduction to public law and judicial review

Manchester 30 May, London 14 June

A one day course to provide solicitors and advisers with an understanding of public law principles and how they operate in claiming and defending judicial review. Click here for full programme and booking form. To book online click here for Manchester and here for London.

Public Law & Judicial Review North

2012: Challenges to Justice

Manchester, 12th July

Public Law Reform, A year in Judicial Review, Challenges to Justice in the Tribunal System,

Public Law and Access to Justice.

Opening Address:

The Hon Mr Justice Hickinbottom.

Speakers include: Ben McCormack, Frances Patterson QC; Melanie Plimmer, Lisa Richardson, Adam Sandell, Matt Stanbury, James Stark, Carol Storer (LAPG), Pete Weatherby QC. 

For full programme and booking form click here

To book online click here

You can download our 5 year Review and Impact Report here

Radio PLP -you can hear Podcasts from our annual judicial review conference at our audio blog - here.

"If the Public Law Project did not exist, someone would have to invent it – quickly."

Sir Henry Brooke (former Vice-President, Civil Division of the Court of Appeal)