This is the text of the talk I gave at the Annual General Meeting of the Hackney Law Centre in Dalston last night. Continue reading “My talk at the Hackney Law Centre”
Category: ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Possession hearings & the closure of Lambeth County Court
Our court system is on its knees. Continue reading “Possession hearings & the closure of Lambeth County Court”
The Bach Report: (3) The use of technology
This is the first of a series of blogs which will start with relevant extracts from the Commission’s Final Report. These will be followed by the more detailed treatment I gave to the topic in one of the chapters in Appendix Five to the Report Continue reading “The Bach Report: (3) The use of technology”
The Bach Report: (2) My article for the Gazette
Once upon a time the traveller from Athens to Eleusis was at risk of capture by a B & B proprietor with marked anti-social tendencies. If you were too long for his bed, he would cut you down to size. If too short, he would stretch you out on his do-it-yourself home body rack.
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The Bach Report: (1) Its message
In this blog I am reproducing the Foreword, the Executive Summary, and the List of Recommendations contained in the Report on Access to Justice, published today by the Fabian Society. Continue reading “The Bach Report: (1) Its message”
The North Kensington Law Centre and Grenfell Tower
Yesterday Lord Bach’s Commission held a two-hour session with five people (two of them lawyers) who told us from first-hand experience about what has been happening (or not happening) since the disastrous fire at Grenfell Tower two months ago. Continue reading “The North Kensington Law Centre and Grenfell Tower”
The North Kensington Law Centre
After I published my blog about law centres last night, Raji Hunjan[1], a former Director of the North Kensington Law Centre, sent me a message in which she told me that in the last five years the centre had fought to survive and to serve North Kensington despite huge cuts and little external support. Continue reading “The North Kensington Law Centre”
Law Centres: Empowering the disempowered
One of the most dangerous developments in recent years has been the way in which funding has been slashed for those lawyers who have a public service mission to help the disempowered Continue reading “Law Centres: Empowering the disempowered”
Harrow Law Centre (2)
I am the patron of Harrow Law Centre. Gary Younge’s article in The Guardian last week brings up to date what I wrote about it last year. Continue reading “Harrow Law Centre (2)”
Hackney Law Centre: (1) Housing cases
When Lord Bach’s Commission received evidence last year, we were told again and again about the damage that was being done because the Coaltion Government stopped any grants of legal aid for frontline “legal help” on benefits and housing problems, given at a small fixed fee, long before problems escalated into the crises that are created by evictions and homelessness. Continue reading “Hackney Law Centre: (1) Housing cases”
Henry Brooke 