Women and access to justice: why legal aid is a feminist issue
As International Women’s Day is coming up on 8 March, GMLC campaign volunteer Mary Horobin looks at the Women’s Budget Group’s 2023 report on gender gaps in access to justice,…
Fighting together for free access to justice.
‘Ten Years (In)Justice’: film and exhibition brochure available now
On 21 February 2024, GMLC held a film screening to show the film by Alex Boyd and Nuala Fowler that captured people’s experiences of our ‘Ten Years (In)Justice’ exhibition. The…
Zombie policies: the threatened return of Employment Tribunal fees
In this article, GMLC employment campaign volunteer lead Avaia Nightingale Williams discusses the recent proposal to reintroduce fees in the Employment Tribunal and analyses how this will clash with a previous ruling…
Ten Years (in)Justice: a GMLC Exhibition, Manchester Museum, 13-14 January 2024
This month, we officially publicly launch our exhibition on access to justice: ‘Ten Years (In)Justice: an exhibition of art and stories from the front lines of the failing civil justice…
2023: GMLC secures £1.9 million in welfare benefits gains
In 2023, GMLC helped the residents of Greater Manchester obtain £1.9 million in unclaimed or wrongly refused benefits. This is our highest amount in a single year since GMLC was…
GMLC recruiting for two new staff members for our housing team
Join our housing team and the fight for housing justice! Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) is one of the few specialist housing advice agencies in the North West. We don’t…
Housing benefit freezes leave tenants out in the cold
GMLC’s Judy Sutton looks at the real-world effects of the freeze on housing benefits since 2020 – and why this must be changed urgently. With additions and context by Kate…
Employment law update: what you need to know
In this article, GMLC employment campaign volunteer lead Avaia Nightingale Williams explores recent updates and decisions impacting employment rights in the UK, as well as considering some upcoming or ongoing…
The State We’re In: summary of JUSTICE’s new report
GMLC campaign volunteer Eleni Founta summarises JUSTICE’s new report into threats and challenges to the rule of law and access to justice, published in September 2023. JUSTICE is a cross…
Callout for submissions to Access to Justice exhibition
Are you an artist? Do you want to contribute to a community exhibition on access to justice? Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) is a not-for-profit provider of legal advice to…