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.
Read now > hi.switchy.io/q_8r
#ImmigrationLaw
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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.
📄 Read on > hi.switchy.io/qpFX
#HumanRights
📢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🐦
⚡Book here ➡️ swiy.co/MHA_26
⚖️ 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.
➡️Read on in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 swiy.co/pgmK
"If these rules were in place... I could never apply for a judicial position"
@fionabawdon.bsky.social speaks to an award-winning #ImmigrationLawyer on how Labour's asylum plans risk putting lives permanently on pause.
In 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIQ7
📣OUT NOW - February's Issue of 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is LIVE! 📚
Check out our cover story, ‘I don’t have any faith in lawyers now’, by @fionabawdon.bsky.social on the devastating consequences of 'shark' immigration lawyers.
Read here ➡️ hi.switchy.io/pN5V
#AccessToJustice
⚖️ "Where will the magistrates & judges who will replace the jury come from?... Time to stop destructive tinkering with the system and go for radical reform," says Legal Action Group's CEO @suejames.bsky.social
📜Read on here ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lSJg
"The burden should be on the state, not the applicant"
Martin Force KC (@1crownofficerow.bsky.social) calls for urgent reform of the #Windrush Compensation Scheme to deliver real justice for victims.
🔗 Full article in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 Magazine ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIPd
#AccessToJustice #LegalAction
‼ IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ‼
Pro(vider) bono - The hidden cost of delivering #LegalAid - Are legal aid lawyers the unsung heroes of #ProBono?
@fionabawdon.bsky.social reports in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lI4s
“Without sustainable staffing, many advice services may not survive.”
A new report from @adviceuk.bsky.social reveals the UK’s #AdviceSector is losing staff, just when clients need support most.
📄 Full article in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIP-
What is Labour's response to a crumbling criminal justice system after 20 years of underfunding? To abolish juries.
Time to stop destructive tinkering with the system and go for radical reform, says LAG's CEO Sue James (@suejames.bsky.social).
📖 Read on ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lSJg
Thank you to Ed Cape, Matthew Hardcastle and Sandra Paul for a brilliant launch webinar on Tuesday evening!
If you missed it you can view the recording here: hi.switchy.io/lFNA
And don't forget to order your copy! Link to order: hi.switchy.io/lFNN
Labour has a poor record on criminal justice. Not one mention of justice for the accused in the Ministry of Justice press release on the proposals for jury trial.
“Facts have the status of second-class citizens in the criminal legal system of England and Wales.”
Emily Bolton (@we-are-appeal.bsky.social) explains why wrongful convictions aren’t fixed by law, but by facts - and why defence investigation in the UK falls short.
📖 Read on ➡️ hi.switchy.io/kn4N
An illustration depicting the impact of court backlogs and the continuous changes affecting legal proceedings and justice delivery.
“PACE has repeatedly been amended & in many places is difficult to follow.”
@edcape.bsky.social, @matthardcastle.bsky.social & Sandra Paul trace 40 years of shifting police powers, changing bail regimes & the growing pressures on defence lawyers.
📖 hi.switchy.io/kTVE
#CriminalJustice #LagMag
✨ #MentalHealth Update✨
In this month's #LAGMag, @mind.org.uk's Emma Mack, Kulthum Dambatta & Anisgvarya Ni Mhorain round up the key developments in legislation, practice directions, inquiries & investigations, consultations, govt proposals & policies, reports & guides.
Read on➡️ hi.switchy.io/kcp5
We're excited to announce that the #NewEdition of Ed Cape's Defending Suspects at #PoliceStations publishes on December 1. Trusted, relied on and iconic - what a book!
Pre-order your print copies now www.lag.org.uk/?id=216837 (ebook available to order from 1/12)
#AccesstoJustice
An illustration depicting the impact of court backlogs and the continuous changes affecting legal proceedings and justice delivery.
“The crisis in the #CriminalJustice system is likely to continue for some years to come.”
@edcape.bsky.social, @matthardcastle.bsky.social & Sandra Paul explore court backlogs, underfunding, and the legislative changes reshaping the investigative stage since PACE.
👉 hi.switchy.io/kTVE
#LagMag
📢 Breakout Highlight: Criminal Law for Education Lawyers
In this session Jennifer Twite (@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social) & Rosie Worster (Commons Law CIC) will look at some of the ways criminal law and education law intersect.
🎟️ Register here to join us on 28 November: hi.switchy.io/kOXO
Read today 👇
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
h-cwj.bsky.social - on her seminal case where victims of serial rapist John Worboys used the Human Rights Act to defeat both the Met and the UK government to ensure that police can be held accountable for their failings.
swiy.co/k13E
🎉 November’s Legal Action is here!
This month's cover story features @h-cwj.bsky.social's desert island judgment - a case that changed the landscape of human rights law.
🚨 Free book launch webinar!
Join Ed Cape, Matthew Hardcastle & Sandra Paul to celebrate the 9th edition of Ed Cape's Defending Suspects at Police Stations.
📅 2 Dec 18:00-19:00 | 🖥 Online
Register now 👉 hi.switchy.io/kHRH
𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀'𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 📖
“It seems that the regulation of free expression is rarely out of the news.”
Raj Chada examines the growing criminalisation of speech and what it means for democracy and justice.
👉 Read the full story in the latest Legal Action magazine @hjacriminaldefence.bsky.social
Wales generally has a left of centre political identity.
This is how Caerphilly voted.
Reform may win a lot of seats in Wales, but it will be so hard for them to ever form a Government as most ppl don't agree with them.
This is why proportional systems are so much better.
My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
🚓 Police station update:
@edcape.bsky.social , @matthardcastle.bsky.social and Sandra Paul unpack key developments on arrest, detention, the right to silence, police decision-making, and electronic keys.
📚 Read more in October’s Legal Action - Available to subscribers www.lag.org.uk/subscriptions
'A gold mine for extortion and more stressful than the pandemic'
@FionaBawdon talks to lawyers about the impact of the Legal Aid Agency’s catastrophic data breach – and their fears about what happens next.
Read more👇
𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀'𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 📖
“It seems that the regulation of free expression is rarely out of the news.”
Raj Chada examines the growing criminalisation of speech and what it means for democracy and justice.
👉 Read the full story in the latest Legal Action magazine @hjacriminaldefence.bsky.social
"More luck than judgment"
James Burley, the investigator who helped free Andrew Malkinson, on the failings by the Court of Appeal and CCRC that kept his innocent client behind bars for nearly two decades -and the lessons that still need to be learned.
@we-are-appeal.bsky.social
