Josie Hicklin shortlisted for a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award 2023
We are proud to share that Greater Manchester Law Centre’s Solicitor Josie Hicklin has been shortlisted for a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) Award. Josie first started at…
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Home Secretary is ordered by the Court to immediately increase Asylum Support payments to £45 per week
On 15 December 2022, the High Court sitting in Manchester heard a legal challenge to the 2022 rate of weekly asylum support payments made to asylum seekers under s95 Immigration…
High Court declares Home Secretary is acting unlawfully by failing to meet asylum seekers’ essential living needs
The High Court has today ruled that the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has acted and is continuing to act unlawfully by failing in her legal duty to provide for the…
Report from GMLC’s 2022 AGM
GMLC’s Campaigns Officer Kate Bradley summarises GMLC’s 2022 AGM. This year’s GMLC AGM on Tuesday 22 November 2022 saw over 50 attendees join us to talk about the Law Centre’s…
Guidance on keeping workplaces safe from Covid from March 2022
From 1 April 2022, many of the measures designed to control the spread of Covid across England will be removed. Despite this, Covid continues to exist, and in addition to…
GMLC won £1 million for our benefits clients in 2021!
Figures from the end of the year showed that GMLC won over £1 million for benefits clients in 2021. This was mostly through our support with appeals, where clients can…
Fighting for our Rights after Covid: GMLC AGM 2021 Report
On 23 November at 6pm, GMLC conducted its first ever hybrid Annual General Meeting, with over 55 attendees spread across the event in person and online. We set up a…
Interview with GMLC volunteer Ajibike Babalola
We interview our service volunteer Ajibike Babalola about her work with GMLC, her experiences working for the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria and the state of access to justice in…
Mandatory Covid-19 vaccination fact sheet
This fact sheet was written by legal advisers at Greater Manchester Law Centre following a meeting with Care and Support Workers Organise (CASWO). It is intended to answer care workers’…
“I can’t believe how badly I was treated” – results and recommendations from GMLC’s Long Covid and Work survey
Kate Bradley, Campaigns Officer at GMLC, discusses the results of our Long Covid and Work survey of 81 people suffering with Long Covid, and outlines recommendations for employers, employees and…