♀️ From the Crossroads Women’s Centre to today’s legal aid crisis, the fight for women’s rights continues. suejames.bsky.social reflects on the work of grassroots groups supporting women - and why there’s still so much that needs to change.
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#InternationalWomensDay
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#LAGEvents #MentalHealthAct2025 #SocialWelfareLaw #LAGConference
We’re delighted to be joined by an exceptional line‑up of experts:
Stephen Simblet KC, @timbgclaw.bsky.social, Helen Curtis, Roger Pezzani (@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social), Sophy Miles (@doughtystreet.bsky.social), Basmah Sahib (@bindmans.com), Rod Campbell-Taylor (Campbell Taylor Solicitors)...
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HAPPY #WorldBookDay2026! Our books equip the social justice sector with the practical knowledge they need to support their work and their communities. We can't do this without our amazing authors and we'd like to say a big THANK YOU. They really do make the world a better place.
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𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 magazine comments on the massive upheavals that are currently under way, as well as providing news, topical discussion and practice articles. #LAGMag #AccessToJustice #LegalAidHeroes
📢OUT NOW📚 The March issue of 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is here!
"My manifesto: Towards ending removal of babies at birth"
@oliverconway.bsky.social sets out a list of #WelfareReforms he says would keep more newborns with their mothers & (he hopes) put childcare lawyers like him out of a job➡️ hi.switchy.io/s9u_
An award-winning solicitor, former parliamentary candidate, and aspiring judge who fled to the UK 20+ years ago, makes exactly this point........ @legalactiongroup.bsky.social
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🟢Inquests & inquiries: #update🟢
@dmachover.bsky.social and Laura Profumo @doughtystreet.bsky.social review key Article 2 ECHR cases on evidential sufficiency, coronial & jury decisions, state training duties to protect life, & the attorney general’s refusal of fiat.
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Brilliant ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ review of the 9th edition of Ed Cape's Defending Suspects at Police Stations in the Law Society Gazette. A testament to the fantastic author team.
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#Police #AccessToJ
In social justice organisations, management is often learned the hard way. Matt Howgate highlights the rise of the ‘accidental manager’ and calls for a structural shift to support healthier, more sustainable services.
Read in the latest Legal Action > hi.switchy.io/q_4x
#LegalAid
Immigration law is tightly regulated - yet migrants still report being misled and overcharged by advisers. fionabawdon.bsky.social examines why ‘sharks’ persist and the devastating impact on those seeking status.
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⚖️ Government ministers and Legal Aid Agency officials appear to be at odds over whether the LAA had a disaster recovery plan in place in the event its fragile IT systems were attacked. ⚖️
🔎 Prepared or exposed?
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📖Book Review📖
Kaweh Beheshtizadeh reviews 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 by David Blundell KC, Miranda Butler & Alistair Mills - an essential guide for practitioners, judges & academics.
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⚖️Will curtailing jury trials fix the criminal courts backlog? Nic Madge argues the real causes are chronic underfunding, court closures & inefficiency, not juries.
📖 Read in February's 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 > hi.switchy.io/q_6d
#CriminalJustice #JuryTrials
🟢#PrisonLaw - Recent Developments🟢
Hamish Arnott, Simon Creighton & Jane Ryan round up important policy and legislation updates, and cases on oral Parole Board hearings and on segregation in this month's 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. @bhattmurphy.bsky.social
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⚖️Over 30 years after Hillsborough, the new #HillsboroughLawBill enshrines transparency, accountability & victim protections.
Selbi Durdiyeva (@publiclawproject.bsky.social) explains how #InternationalHumanRights law has long supported these reforms.
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#HumanRights
🏠ONE MONTH UNTIL our 4-part training starts!
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📢Second-guessing by the Legal Aid Agency has long been a major frustration for lawyers. Is it time for a Dutch-style ‘high trust’ model of legal aid provision?
vickyling1.bsky.social explores in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 👉 swiy.co/pPSW
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🏠Calling all #Housing Lawyers!!
You are invited to our 4-part training that will provide clear info on the #RentersRightsAct & practical tools to navigate housing issues with confidence.
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⚖️🕊️In 1995, as South Africa emerged from apartheid, its new Constitutional Court delivered a ‘judgment of hope’ - abolishing the death penalty.
Raj Chada (@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social) reflects on why the landmark ruling still matters today in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 👉 hi.switchy.io/SvMakwanyane
📢Mental Health Act 2025 Conference
27 March | 1.30-6pm | Gatehouse Chambers
This conference, in partnership with @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social is essential for practitioners to understand the new #MentalHealthAct2025 reforms.
🐦Early bird available until 27 Feb🐦
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🌋SEISMIC CHANGE of the #HillsboroughLaw🌋
The Hillsborough Law is a once-in-a-generation transfer of power to ordinary people, as significant as the Race Relations Act 1965, according to Justice Secretary & Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy.
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⚖️ Renters' Rights Act 2025 Changes ⚖️
@jamiemcgowan39.bsky.social (@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social) & James Cairns (Kuits) set out what tenants & housing lawyers NEED TO KNOW about these deterrent payment orders following the #RentersRightsAct2025.
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🏠LAG Domestic Abuse & Housing Law conference🏠
24 March | 2-6.30pm | Garden Ct
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Bringing legal practitioners, advocates, lived experience groups & sector experts together to share updates, challenges & practical solutions.
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