“The government’s position is that obtaining legal advice is not necessary in making an immigration application and that no advantage in the application process should accrue to people who choose to access, are able to afford legal advice, over those who cannot.”
Really?
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The UK government has proposed increasing the fees that need to be paid to appeal an asylum or immigration decision in the First-tier and Upper Tribunal in England and Wales.
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Understanding the asylum and immigration system, and your own legal case, is more important than ever. Cuts to legal aid (free, government-funded legal representation) mean that more and more people have no lawyer at all and are forced to navigate this very complicated system without legal representation.
Even if you have a lawyer, it’s important to understand your own legal case – this is your case and your life and you need to keep track of what is happening and whether the lawyer is doing the things they should be.
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New research from The Children’s Society has revealed the extent to which vulnerable children have been hit by the legal aid cuts. The report –… Read more »
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The Legal Aid Team are superheros defending our rights and access to justice for everyone, not just the rich! But they are facing a terrible… Read more »
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No justice system is truly fair unless everyone is able to fight for their rights. But through cuts to legal aid, the government has removed… Read more »
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Here are some of the important events of the last year – moments of solidarity and success, setbacks and threats, and working together to overcome… Read more »
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Great news! This week, a timely and scathing judgment by a rare three-judge Divisional Court in PLP v Secretary of State for Justice, ruled that the atrocious “residence test” is unlawful. Lord Justice Moses led the judgment, finding that it was not within the Justice Secretary’s power to introduce the residence test, and that its blatantly discriminatory intentions and effects are unjustified.
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This post will give a round up on some of the latest significant legal aid and immigration news, focussing on the residence test, the evident, grim impact of LASPO 2012, and the Home Secretary’s win over minimum income requirements in the Court of Appeal.
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When the latest wave of legal aid changes was proposed last year, the residence test was immediately one of the top concerns (see September blog… Read more »
Read moreIn our blog post of 6 September – Legal Aid Consultation: next steps – we set out the latest form of the Government’s legal aid… Read more »
Read moreThe UK government is pushing forward with plans to (further) decimate the legal aid system. In the second of a series of blog posts on… Read more »
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