Individuals
Unfortunately PLP cannot accept enquiries direct from the general public. We hope you will find our leaflets useful, and we have listed on this page some other websites where you can get general advice on public law (and other) issues.
If you think you have a test case which will establish or develop a new point of law, or want PLP to represent you, you will have to get a referral from another lawyer or adviser. PLP can then either work with your lawyer to assist them in running the case or, if appropriate, PLP may be able to take over the conduct of your case. Any lawyer or adviser who does any legal aid work (in other words, who has a contract with the Legal Services Commission and is part of the Community Legal Service) can seek support from us. This includes most Citizen’s Advice Bureaux.
"The basis of judicial review rests in the free-standing principle that every action of a public body must be justified by law…."
Laws LJ in R (Beeson) v Dorset County Council [2003] UKHRR 353 at [17]
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