The latest independent evaluation of the Strategic Legal Fund shows the value of investing small amounts in enabling NGOs to undertake strategic legal action. The evaluation focused on the outcomes and benefits from the work funded during phase three of the fund (Jan 2015 to date). The evaluation showed that a wide range of issues have […]
Deighton Pierce Glynn have created a fact sheet covering the Home Office’s updated policy and guidance which allows for the removal from the UK of EEA nationals who are rough sleeping. In certain circumstances the Home Office has the power to remove EEA nationals if they are suspected of abusing the regulations governing freedom of movement rights. The updated policy, […]
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) have recently released a working paper which covers access to compensation for victims of human trafficking. The paper considers the ability of victims of human trafficking, and other forms of modern slavery, to access compensation one year on from the enactment of the Modern Slavery Act. The Modern Slavery Act included […]
In 2013 the SLF grant funded Bindmans solicitors, working in partnership with Public Law Project (PLP), to carry out research into the impact the residence test would have on young migrants if introduced. This led to the challenge in the High Court which, in July 2014, ruled that the test was unlawful. Unfortunately this decision was later […]
As part of their work with young unaccompanied asylum seekers living in the camps in Calais, Islington Law Centre (ILC) has successfully reunited one young person with their family in the UK. Regulations state that asylum seekers must make an initial asylum claim in the first country they reach but they can have their application examined in […]
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has successfully represented a child refugee in their appeal, before the Upper Tier Tribunal at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, against a decision to refuse their application to be reunited with their mother and brother. Under the current rules governing family reunion, adult refugees in Britain […]
Just for Kids Law (JFKL) has successfully intervened in a challenge to the 2012 Education Regulations which removed entitlement to students loans for migrants who did not have indefinite leave to remain. The regulations meant that many young migrants who had other types of leave to remain in the UK, such as discretionary or limited leave to […]
The Migrants’ Law Project and Detention Action have successfully challenged the lawfulness of the government’s Detained Fast Track system in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. In response to judgments from both courts in June 2015, the government has temporarily suspended the fast track procedures. Under the Detained Fast Track system, asylum seekers […]
The Strategic Legal Fund is delighted to announce that a member of our expert panel, along two of our current grantees, were amongst those honoured at the 2015 Legal Aid Lawyer of the year awards. Alison Pickup, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers specialising in immigration, asylum and migrants rights, won legal aid barrister of […]
In November 2014 the SLF grant funded Public Law Project (PLP) to carry out pre-litigation research into the lawfulness of aspects of the Immigration Act 2014 and related policies. The research targeted a new Home Office policy whereby some migrants could be removed from the UK without being served with removal directions. This policy would have made […]