A number of challenges have arisen from SLF grant funded work. These include challenges arising from: Just for Kids Law successfully used work undertaken with its SLF grant to support an intervention by the Children’s Commissioner in a case in the Court of Appeal. The judgement included important findings about the approach the criminal courts should take towards age assessment. […]
Using SLF funding, Public Law Project (PLP) has produced clear guidance for voluntary organisations on social services duties to support destitute migrant families. Earlier in the year, Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) used SLF funded research to produce Fractured Childhoods, a report about the separation of families by immigration detention. Read the documents at PLP’s and BID’s websites.
The Migrants’ Law Project, an SLF grantee, is running a free seminar on how NGOs can use the law to bring about policy change. It will cover: No prior legal training is needed to attend. The seminar is aimed at policy workers, senior managers with financial and decision-making responsibilities, and at funders working across the voluntary sector, not […]
The Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants is now open to applications from Scotland and Northern Ireland. We are delighted that two new representatives will be joining the Expert Panel bringing knowlege of legal practice with children and young people in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The next deadline for applications is 2nd September 2013. Find out […]
The Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants (SLF) is looking for a partner in the development of an archive of the materials generated through its grants. The SLF supports strategic legal action. All 32 grants made so far have involved the collection or development of knowledge, for pre litigation research and interventions in cases. We are […]
As part of its SLF project scoping out challenges to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), Islington Law Centre, working in partnership with Doughty Street Chambers, has produced a comprehensive pack and opinion on legal aid funding for immigration work and potential challenges to the Act. For further information contact Roopa Tanna, […]
We are pleased to report a favourable judgment in the case of MA & Others vs the UK. The SLF funded the AIRE Centre´s legal team to travel to the CJEU in Autumn 2013 to act as third party interveners, and assist the Court in reaching its decision. On 6 June 2013, the CJEU gave judgement, and found that EU Member States are responsible for […]
The High Court has found that UKBA must consider child safeguarding and welfare duties in all aspects of immigration decisions, including consideration of the period of leave to be granted. Judgment has been issued in the case of SM and TM and JD and Others v SSHD [2013] EWCA 1144 (Admin), in which Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) acted as interveners […]
Trust for London is commissioning an external evaluation of the Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants. We are looking for an individual or team with experience of evaluation of complex issues to undertake a process and outcome evaluation of the Strategic Legal Fund. The deadline for submitting a proposal is 3pm on Friday 31 […]
We are delighted to report promising progress from some of the grants made by the Strategic Legal Fund. For example: With other SLF funded projects, decisions are awaited on cases that may become strategic challenges. Some grantees have had cases settle, so are seeking others on which to develop a strategic challenge. A full list of grants […]