Strategic litigation in welfare benefits 2025

This seminar was delivered on 17 July 2025. It looked at strategic litigation in welfare benefits, by analysing past successful challenges and offering guidance on what to look out for in future challenges.

Speakers

• Chair: Aoife O’Reilly, Public Law Project
• Jamie Burton KC, Doughty Street Chambers
• Charles Gillies, MS Society
• Niamh Grahame, Public Law Project
• Claire Hall, Child Poverty Action Group
• Svetlana Kotova, Inclusion London
• Alexa Thompson, Garden Court North

Slides

• • Niamh Grahame – Strategic litigation in welfare benefits – overpayments
  • Svetlana Kotova – Strategic litigation from campaign point of view
  • Alexa Thompson – Administration issues – claim form design and decision notices
  • Charlie Gillies – The non-litigation perspective on successfully challenging welfare reforms
  • Claire Hall – Litigating for positive change in the social security system