Law Centre (NI) Social Justice Prize Has a Deserving Winner
Congratulations to Aurime Ribaxiauskaite who won the Social Justice Prize at this year’s University of Ulster School of Law Prize Giving Day. The award, sponsored by Law Centre (NI), is awar...
Law Centre lawyer shortlisted for prestigious human rights award
Earlier this year she brought a whole Home Office asylum programme to a halt after years of operating unlawfully. Now solicitor Sonal Ghelani of Islington Law Centre is shortlisted for a human righ...
Didn't they do well? Two Law Centre finalists and a winner in legal aid awards
Last night saw a fine result for Law Centres at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards ceremony. Out of three finalists shortlisted for the Legal Aid Practitioners Group coveted awards, Cen...
Islington Law Centre stops 'fast-track' asylum seeker detentions
The Court of Appeal has today upheld an appeal from the Migrants' Law Project at Islington Law Centre, acting on behalf of charity Detention Action. This requires the Home Secretary to immediately ...
Legal aid figures: the vital statistics of access to justice are failing
Today the Ministry of Justice released the quarterly legal aid statistics for January-March 2015. This quarter concludes the second year after the drastic cuts to civil legal aid under the Legal Ai...