We, the undersigned academics and researchers from around the world, strongly condemn the mass detention of LGBTI+ human rights defenders in Turkey and urge their immediate release. In the early morn...

PDF | Research on the provision of, and need for, community care legal aid in England and Wales, showing a serious decline in almost all aspects of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

Juries have had the right to acquit based on their conscience for centuries. Now, a barrister is facing jail just for mentioning it in court. Add your name to help save Britain's juries.

PDF | Research on the provision of, and need for, community care legal aid in England and Wales, showing a serious decline in almost all aspects of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

Home Office guidance confirms that the definition of domestic violence is as per the one in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. It involves:

We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.

Back in August 2024, Sam Corner, Ellie Kamio, Lottie Head and Fatema Zainab Rajwani were among a group of six activists who broke into a factory operated by Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, Elbit S...

The Windrush scandal has caused devastating, lifelong harm to thousands of British citizens and their families. The Home Office has refused compensation to more than half of all claimants – the highes...

A powerful coalition of lawyers, campaigners, artists and advocacy organisations has come together to demand the UK Government end what they describe as a two-tier system of justice for victims of sta...

This report by JUSTICE, University of Sussex, and Dechert LLP shows that claimants without legal help received about £11k on average versus over £83k with rep

⚖️ Legal Aid funding for mental health work is not sustainable. When someone is severely mentally ill, they may need to be sectioned, and when this happens, they have a right to legal representation which is funded through legal aid.Over the last decade a solicitor's fee for taking on such a case as declined by 45% in real terms, and unsurprisingly there has been a decline in the number of solicitors who are willing to work in this area. In 2024/25 there were just 151 solicitors accredited as members of the Law Society Mental Health Scheme. Taking away an individual's liberty, not because they have committed a crime, but because they are mentally unwell is one of the most serious interventions the state can make over a person. This is an area of law that cannot safely be starved of funding.I put these challenges to the Lord Chancellor David Lammy earlier on this week, and I will be writing to him asking for a meeting so he is equipped with the information to understand why this needs his urgent attention.

Our research combined statistical data, interviews, and geographic information system (GIS) tools to map social welfare legal aid ‘deserts’ in England and Wales. This novel mixed methodology enabled ...

People seeking asylum navigate one of the most complex areas of law, often not in their first language