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Funding round dates for 2022.

In 2022 the SLF will run five funding rounds. The dates for these rounds are: 1st of February 20225th of April 202231st May 202230th of August 20221st Nov 5pm 2022

Latest grants from Strategic Legal Fund

Public Interest Law Centre SLF funding was awarded to Public Interest Law Centre and Latin American Women’s Rights Service for pre-litigation research into the government’s failure to provide migrant survivors of domestic abuse with access to accommodation enabling them to escape their abusers. PILC exists to challenge systemic injustice through strategic litigation, campaigning and legal education in solidarity with dispossessed, racialised […]

Latest grants from Strategic Legal Fund

Southwark Law Centre  SLF funding was awarded to Southwark Law Centre for pre-litigation work to address race discrimination in schools. SLC is concerned that the Department for Education is failing to adequately monitor or address systemic racism in school exclusions and ‘quasi-exclusions’, which include ‘managed moves’, ‘off-rolling’ and children being directed off-site for ‘improvement of behaviour’.  SLC provides specialist legal advice […]

The SLF Is Recruiting New Expert Panel Members

Expert Panel Members recruitment  Are you interested in being and an SLF Expert Panel member? The SLF is excited to announce it is recruiting 10 additional panel members. About the role The post provides an opportunity to contribute strategically to supporting the legal sector working on migrants’ rights in the UK.You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the broad concerns […]

Latest grants from Strategic Legal Fund

Bhatt Murphy SLF funding was awarded to Bhatt Murphy for pre-litigation research to explore a legal challenge against the Secretary of State for the Home Department / Home Office arising from the lack of Article 4 ECHR compliant systems within Immigration Removal Centres to identify potential victims of trafficking and modern slavery.  Bhatt Murphy is a law firm specialising in […]

Public Interest Law Centre Report on Rough Sleeping Amendment

Public Interest Law Centre.(PILC) received SLF funding in November 2020 for pre litigation research to prepare a strategic legal challenge against the SSHD’s amendment to the Immigration Rules which introduced ‘rough sleeping’ as a basis to refuse or cancel leave to enter or remain in the UK. To read more about this challenge see their latest update. PILC have published a report of […]

Strategic Litigation Resources from CPAG

The Child Poverty Action Group have developed a resource for their clients who are involved in strategic litigation cases. The resource helpfully explains what strategic litigation is, the different stages a strategic case goes through and what the clients involvement will be. You can find the resource here.

Latest grants from Strategic Legal Fund

Migrant Legal Project SLF funding was awarded to Migrant Legal Project for pre-litigation evidence-gathering and advice from PLP on a potential legal challenge to the outsourced system for providing biometrics as part of refugee settlement applications under which MLP clients have felt compelled to pay unaffordable sums to secure an appointment or to travel to one. MLP delivers publicly-funded and not-for-profit legal […]

Latest grants from Strategic Legal Fund

Migrants’ Right Network SLF funding was granted to Migrants’ Right Network for pre-litigation research to identify potential Highly Skilled Migrant (HSM) claimants to build a legal strategy for potential further strategic litigation. Numerous cases post-Balajigari have raised various common legal themes which may require litigation to ensure fairness and transparency in how these cases are determined.  Migrants’ […]