Press Releases

• Millions to be silenced say leading agencies
  15th April 2011: Leading European human rights organisations gathering today in Vienna say governments across Europe are rolling back access to justice and the rule of law for the most vulnerable at the time of greatest need, silencing millions across Europe.
• Ken Clarke gets thousands of Valentine’s cards – from lovers of legal aid
  Thousands of people sent Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke, a Valentine’s Day card today telling him of their love for legal aid and their concern for half a million people who would be left without access to justice by proposed cuts.
• Justice for All campaign launches
  The Justice for All campaign will launch today (Wednesday 12 January) at Westminster as charities and individuals come together to oppose government plans to cut legal aid.
• Dance teacher wins race case
  A dance teacher from Bristol has won his race discrimination case against Bristol City Council with the help of Avon & Bristol Law Centre in a judgement of the Bristol Employment Tribunal released on 10 November 2010.
• Asylum seekers wrongly refused legal representation at appeal in almost 80 per cent of cases
  A ground-breaking project at Devon Law Centre has found that asylum seekers are being wrongly refused publicly-funded legal representation for their asylum appeals in 79 per cent of cases, and that at least 30 per cent of these people have a legitimate claim to some form of protection.
• Law Centres Federation welcomes new partnership for Law Centres
  The Law Centres Federation (LCF) today welcomed Lord Bach’s announcement of a new pilot which will help to strengthen all Law Centres’ ability to assist vulnerable people.
• Court of Appeal upholds landmark disability access case
  Disabled man wins fight for access to his local branch of Royal Bank of Scotland. Bank must now install access for wheelchair users
• 18-year-old disabled man takes on Royal Bank of Scotland in landmark appeal case
  An 18-year-old man will take his fight for access to his local branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to the Court of Appeal today, Tuesday 10 November.
• Children and young people denied their rights as one million fail to get legal advice every year
  Over one million children and young people annually are not getting the legal advice they need warns a campaign launched today, Monday 26 October 2009, by four leading advice charities.
• New Technology is wrong way to reach recession-hit Young People
  Twittering and telephone services are not the way to reach young people in desperate need of advice about homelessness, unemployment and debt, according to a report published today by Youth Access and the Law Centres Federation.
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