Law Society Messenger: GMLC Providing Access to Justice
We are pleased to announce that article below features in a two-page spread by Julia Baskerville in this month’s Law Society Messenger, and we will have our own monthly column…
Robert Lizar Solicitors quash sentences for anti fracking protestors
Robert Lizar is a patron of GMLC. He and his firm are committed to providing legal services that promote access to justice, and we share these principles. Solicitors from the firm Nicola…
We will not be complicit in the Universal Credit rollout: One year on
The voluntary sector should not be helping the government implement the iniquitous and inhumane restrictions on benefits represented by Universal Credit. It is not the role of the voluntary advice…
Manchester Meteor: Legal Aid and Access to Justice
We are pleased to be the focus of a feature article by Nick Nicholas Prescott in The Meteor, Manchester’s Independent Media, on the topic of Legal Aid and the wider context of…
GMIAU and Kenworthys Chambers respond to the Windrush compensation consultation
In May 2018, the Home Secretary launched a call for evidence to help shape a bespoke compensation scheme for members of the Windrush generation. This was declared “the first step to establishing…
Greater Manchester Law Centre finalists for the LAPG Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) 2018 Awards
We are proud to announce that GMLC has been shortlisted for the Legal Aid Practitioners Group’s LALY Awards 2018 in the Legal Aid Firm/Not for Profit Agency category, sponsored by The…
Hope for the future of free access to justice
On Friday 20th April, the Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) hosted a panel on the topic of Legal Aid and the Future of Free Access to Justice. Speakers included Richard…
John McDonnell: “I want to offer my support to the Greater Manchester Law Centre”.
“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,…
Cross-city groups hold day of action against Universal Credit evictions
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…
Our project with law students: finalists in Pro Bono awards
As part of our Pro Bono Legal Advocacy Support Project (LASP) students from the Manchester Law School represent clients at appeal hearings who are due to have their Employment and…