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Judicial Review and Strategic Litigation for Charities, NGOs and Campaign Groups

A training designed for charities, NGOs and campaign groups who may be interested in bringing or intervening in legal cases to support their strategic objectives.

Introduction to public law
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How to use public law to help your clients

The aim of this seminar is to help people identify when a person or group of people are affected by the decision-making of a public body, and what they can do about it. 

Introduction to public law
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How to build a just and dignified immigration system

The panel will look at both fundamental changes and reform, including to asylum accommodation, funding legal advice and casework, as well as looking ahead to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigra...

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Making the law accessible

Our panel discusses ways we can we address gaps in people’s knowledge about their rights and empower communities to take action.

Campaigning and influencingIntroduction to public law
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Constitutional ReformFree

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What the f*** does that mean? A beginner’s guide to judicial review

Our panel talk through the practical and legal processes of challenging the decision making of Government and public bodies through the courts.

Introduction to public law
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Constitutional ReformFree

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Judicial review: Introductory Principles

Our speakers talk through the basic principles of judicial review.

Introduction to public law
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Developing strategies for influencing, messaging and gathering intel

With speakers from leading UK NGOs including PLP, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Liberty and Runnymede using practical examples from their own work….

Campaigning and influencing
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Constitutional ReformFree

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Crowdfunding and litigation funding for a JR

Speakers from Crowdjustice, Duncan Lewis and University of Sheffield use practical examples and research to explain crowdfunding and litigation funding in judicial review.

Funding and costs in public law
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Automation and DigitalizationFree

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Duty of Candour and the courts approach to disclosure in proceedings

This is a two part seminar. The first part looks at a Nuffield Foundation funded empirical study on judicial treatment of the duty of candour, the second part looks at recent caselaw and the overla...

Transparency and access to information
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Automation and DigitalizationFree

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Making Subject Access Requests (SARs) Masterclass

An introduction and masterclass on making a Subject Access Requests (SARs), including the right of access, personal data, third party rights and exemptions.

Transparency and access to information
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Constitutional ReformFree

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Appealing to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)

This session looks at practicalities, preparation, representation and standing in an appeal to The European Court of Human Rights.

Advanced courses in JR
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Constitutional ReformFree

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Systemic legal challenges

This seminar looks at judicial review claims challenging ‘unfairness inherent in the system itself’ that may give rise to an unacceptable risk of procedural unfairness (or similar cases).

Advanced courses in JR
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Constitutional ReformFree

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Impact on litigation – test case strategies

This session looks at how research can inform litigation strategies, and specifically test case litigation, as well as collecting and acting on litigation data.

Advanced courses in JRResearch and policy
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Constitutional ReformFreeWelfare Rights

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Communicating research for impact 

This session will use real world examples of how complex ideas and research findings need to be distilled to be communicated to different, and often wider, audiences.

Campaigning and influencing
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Co-producing research

This session looks at case studies of research co-production to explore how research benefits from involving individuals in the project who are not researchers, but have interest or experience.

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Research and policy
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Constitutional ReformFree

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Legal research for social impact – Opening Conversation

A discussion on why impact matters, drawing on themes for the day including understanding the experience and objectives of communities and movements in designing research projects for social impact...

Campaigning and influencing
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DiscriminationFreeImmigration

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Identifying and challenging discrimination in the immigration system

This sessions looks at both the historical context of race discrimination in the immigration system in the UK, as well as practical legal routes to identifying and challenging discrimination.

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FreeImmigration

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Delays in asylum decisions

The session discussed the recently launched legal challenge by Asylum Aid arguing that the Home Office is acting unlawfully by failing to make asylum decisions as soon as possible, and to provide r...

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Constitutional ReformFree

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Steps in a JR claim – from letter before claim to permission

This session is about the procedure of a JR claim, looking at the pre-action steps from letter before claim up to the permission stage.

Funding and costs in public law
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Automation and DigitalizationFree

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Making FOIA & EIR Requests June 2024

Effective use of freedom of information law is essential for holding Government to account and ensuring transparency.  This session covers Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Environmental I...

Transparency and access to information
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Claimant Commitments and Benefit Sanctions May 2024

How to get the appropriate Claimant Commitment for your client, avoiding or challenging benefits sanctions, including in the First Tier Tribunal.

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DiscriminationFreeWelfare Rights

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Discrimination in Welfare Benefits May 2024

The seminar looked at using the law and research to expose and challenge discrimination in the welfare benefits system.

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Automation and DigitalizationConstitutional ReformFreeWelfare Rights

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Legal research for social impact 2023

PLP’s conference on legal research and impact in 2023, exploring the impact agenda, how to define and measure impact, collaboration for co-produced research and more.

Research and policy
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Book launch: Experiments in Automating Immigration Systems

This is a recording of part of the book launch for Experiments in Automating Immigration Systems by Dr Joe Tomlinson and Jack Maxwell.

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