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8/5/13

PLP wins Halsbury 'Special 'Rule of Law Award'

30/04/13

PLP debunks the Lord Chancellor's misuse of judicial review statistics

19/04/13

PLP is recruiting:
We are seeking a lawyer with significant experience of public law/judicial review litigation to work with our existing casework team.

19/04/13

PLEASE SUPPORT TEAM PLP:Visit our fundraising page here

22/02/2013

PLP shortlisted for the Halsbury Legal Awards special 'Rule of Law' Award

24/1/12

PLP publishes response to government proposals to reform judicial review

11/1/12

Varda Bondy and Maurice Sunkin on Judicial Review reform at the UK Constitutional Law Group Blog

4/12/12

PLP solicitors to give talk to students at Bloomsbury College of Law 6/12/12

4/12/12

PLP wins Guardian Charity of the Year Award - press release

19/11/12

Response to announcements  made by The Prime Minister and The Justice Secretary

20/9/12

Designing redress: a study about
grievances against public bodies by
Varda Bondy &
Andrew Le Sueur

26/7/12

High Court rules Work Capability Assessment arguably unlawful

23/5/12

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The London Legal Walk: Team PLP walked the walk, but you can still help us raise more money.  Just 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 judgment 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?.


Response to the Government's consultation paper:Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system.

A briefing on the key points to raise in response to the proposals to introduce a residence test and a fee cut for advocacy ("Unjust and unworkable: why the Government's legal aid reform consultation is important for you and the people you represent") is here.
A summary of PLP's draft response to the proposals for restricting legal aid for judicial review claims ("Government's proposed restrictions on the rule of law disguised as a costs saving") is here . PLP's draft full response is here.


PLP debunks the Lord Chancellor's misuse of judicial review statistics

On 23 April 2013, the Lord Chancellor told the Today Programme that only 144 of the 11,539 judicial review cases brought in 2011 were successful, and that all of the rest were not. He was wrong. Find out why

The Public Law Project is recruiting

We are seeking a lawyer with significant experience of public law/judicial review litigation to work with our existing casework team. Click here for more information.


New conference and training event for 2013: Public Law and the Tribunals

Looking at issues across Immigration and Asylum, SEND and Social Entitlement chambers, from basic guides to representation and an introductory guide to tribunals, appeals in st and Upper tier tribunals, to judicial review in and of tribunals.

Full programme here

To book online click here

Public Law and Judicial Review North Conference 2013

Public Law and Judicial Review North Conference 2013: Thursday 11th July, Manchester: Topics include: The challenges facing legal services in the North; The Localism Act; International Law in Public Law Claims, Public Law and Inquests; Legal Obligations within the NHS;Funding and Costs

Full programme and booking form here

To book online click here

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The Public Law Project picked up the Special "Rule of Law" Award at the Halsbury Legal Awards 2013. Pictured: Amanda Illing and Martha Spurrier accepting the Award. Click

here for winners page. Click the picture for a bigger version!

The Public Law Project is looking for exceptional funding referrals from solicitors and advisers who do not have the capacity to make exceptional funding applications under LASPO 2012 for their clients or challenge unfair refusals of funding.

Click here for more information.


The Public Law Project: Civil Legal Aid Advice Line     

The Public Law Project runs a telephone advice line on civil legal aid. The advice line covers all legal aid issues arising under LASPOA, including exceptional funding, scope, means and the Telephone Gateway. The line is open from 10am - 11am on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The telephone number is 0808 165 0170 and is free for callers.


Click here to learn about volunteering opportunities at PLP.

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


PLP gala benefit dinner flyer

Thank You!

To everyone who helped make this such a great occasion

Especially our speakers Sir Stephen Sedley & Emily Thornberry, Our host Clive Coleman, Mike Fordham QC for a highly amusing and effective auction and Prof Conor Gearty for a memorable raffle draw, and to all who came and helped raise funds for PLP.

We are very pleased to announce that we are a Guardian Charity Awards 2012 winner. You can read our press release here.

You can see a short film the Guardian made about us here (but you have to watch an advert first).

 

Please support us. The donate now button will take you through to the Charities Aid Foundation  (CAF) website page for the PLP.  This will enable you to donate using Gift Aid.  Click here for other ways to support PLP, including other ways to donate

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The Public Law Project Audio Blog

You can listen to audio from our conferences at

The Public Law Project Audio Blog here.

Recently added talks from Professor Conor Gearty, Lord Lester QC and Frances Patterson QC

You can download our 5 year Review and Impact Report 2006 - 2011 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)

The government's consultation on changes to the judicial review process closed on 24 January 2013.

The Public Law Project produced three documents.

A briefing paper to help those responding, here and a briefing paper explaining why the Government's consultation should matter to you - and those you represent,here.  The Public Law Project response to the consultation is here