“I want to offer my support to the Greater Manchester Law Centre. “Why? Because law centres around the country, and I established one in my own constituency 30 years ago, provide essential legal advice to people but more importantly they raise awareness about peoples legal rights and campaign on issues that affect the local community.…
Press Release Issued 18th April 2018 The Greater Manchester Law Centre, Disabled People Against the Cuts, Acorn Tenants’ Union, Unite Community Union and the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People carried out a day of action in Manchester city centre today, demanding that no one faces eviction as a result of delays to Universal Credit…
Changes are being made to housing possession court duty schemes, which provide on-the-day advice and advocacy at court to people facing eviction. The Law Centres network has been granted permission to challenge the Ministry of Justice over these changes. Read full coverage in the Law Gazette here. Below, GMLC volunteer Robert Povall explains the…
On Friday 20th April, a high-profile panel will be speaking on Legal Aid and The Future of Free Access to Justice at an event in central Manchester, hosted by the Greater Manchester Law Centre. Panelists include former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Lord William Bach, Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon MP, Young Legal Aid Lawyers Vice-Chair…
“We have to act. We are the only ones that can make this government sit up and listen. They will try to rely on our good nature and the criticism that will come to us for stopping working. We work for nothing all the time.” – Miranda Moore QC, on why barristers are refusing criminal legal…
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: Legal Aid and the Future of Free Access to Justice: An event by the Greater Manchester Law Centre with Lord Bach, Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon, Young Legal Aid Lawyers Vice-Chair Siobhán Taylor-Ward and Joe Mensah-Dankwah of Black Solicitors Network. Book your tickets now! Click here. Tickets are in high demand so…
By Haseeb Khan, GMLC Campaign Volunteer. “‘I am a BPTC graduate and I volunteer with the law centre’s research and editorial team. Having been born and brought up in Manchester I was excited to hear about the fantastic work the centre has been doing recently. Changes to the legal aid landscape are a major part…
We are thrilled to announce that the law firm Barrister-Direct have nominated GMLC as their charity of the year. “Owing to Barrister-Direct’s commitment to access to justice, we are very proud to be the first law firm to sign up to the Greater Manchester Law Centre’s corporate sponsorship programme. Our firm has pledged to raise…
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: Legal Aid and the Future of Free Access to Justice: An event by the Greater Manchester Law Centre with Lord Bach, Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon, Young Legal Aid Lawyers Vice-Chair Siobhán Taylor-Ward and Joe Mensah-Dankwah of Black Solicitors Network. Book your tickets now! Click here. Tickets are in high demand so…
The Commission, chaired by Lord Bach, was established at the end of 2015 to find solutions that will restore access to justice as a fundamental public entitlement. We have been waiting for the final report with bated breath, because it promised to deliver an innovative proposal for a statutory right to justice. This means that access…