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- 🏛️"Legislation imposing a #DutyOfCandour on public bodies has been hard won." 🏛️ Elkan Abrahamson, one of the architects of the #HillsboroughLaw, sets out questions that have yet to be answered – will firms take on the work at current fee levels? ➡️ swiy.co/pVV4 @hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social
- ⚡BUY ONE, GET ONE HALF PRICE ⚡ Subscribe to 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 magazine and get a 50% discount on a 12-month #CommunityCare Law Reports (CCLR) subscription. 🚨Sign up here➡️ swiy.co/pZcZ
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- 🏚️Housing Conditions Update🏚️ Catherine O’Donnell of @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social rounds up news, policy, legislative developments & cases in this month's #HousingConditions update. Do not miss out & subscribe today to access this detailed update ➡️ swiy.co/HousingConditionsFeb26
- 🌆LAG Introduction to #HousingLaw Online Training🌆 You are invited to our four-part series taking place between 5pm-7pm on 17th, 19th, 25th & 26th March. Delivered by expert practitioners, it's one not to miss! 🎟️Sign up here➡️ swiy.co/housing_intro_26
- ✨It's TODAY! #CourtOfProtection Handbook In Practice Online Training | 5-6:30pm | 4 Feb The authors of the Court of Protection Handbook will provide guidance on critical areas for CoP practitioners. 🎟️Last chance to BOOK➡️ swiy.co/cop-in-practice 📖Purchase the Handbook here➡️ swiy.co/CoPHandbook
- ❗Seeing Red❗ LAG's CEO @suejames.bsky.social on the #DayOfTheEndangeredLawyer & how we must protect the profession against attacks by ensuring the government ratify the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer. Read on ➡️ hi.switchy.io/pNM6
- ⚖️💪YOU ARE INVITED - Fighting for juries, a call to arms💪⚖️ 19 Feb | 6.30pm | @hodgejonesallen.bsky.social The London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association (LCCSA) is organising a panel discussion on David Lammy MP’s plans to restrict #TrialByJury. Book your FREE place here➡️ hi.switchy.io/pS-h
- ✨It's TOMORROW! #CourtOfProtection Handbook In Practice Online Training | 5-6:30pm, 4 Feb The authors of the Court of Protection Handbook will provide guidance on critical areas for CoP practitioners. 💫BOOK HERE➡️ swiy.co/cop-in-practice 💫Purchase a copy of the handbook here➡️ swiy.co/CoPHandbook
- 📣OUT NOW - February's Issue of 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is LIVE! 📚 Check out our cover story, ‘I don’t have any faith in lawyers now’, by @fionabawdon.bsky.social on the devastating consequences of 'shark' immigration lawyers. Read here ➡️ hi.switchy.io/pN5V #AccessToJustice
- 📣 JOB ALERT! @bindmans.com is recruiting a trafficking case specialist solicitor in central London – maternity cover for 12 months commencing May 2026, but permanent appointment will be considered at the end of the year. Applications close 10am 12 February. www.lag.org.uk?id=217893
- "If these rules were in place... I could never apply for a judicial position" @fionabawdon.bsky.social speaks to an award-winning #ImmigrationLawyer on how Labour's asylum plans risk putting lives permanently on pause. In 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIQ7
- 🚨In case you missed it... 🏛️ Lee Marsons updates on @publiclawproject.bsky.social's new research project (funded by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) on legal practitioners’ experiences of & opinions about costs in judicial review. 🔗 Read on here ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIOY
- ⚖️ "Where will the magistrates & judges who will replace the jury come from?... Time to stop destructive tinkering with the system and go for radical reform," says Legal Action Group's CEO @suejames.bsky.social 📜Read on here ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lSJg
- "The burden should be on the state, not the applicant" Martin Force KC (@1crownofficerow.bsky.social) calls for urgent reform of the #Windrush Compensation Scheme to deliver real justice for victims. 🔗 Full article in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 Magazine ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIPd #AccessToJustice #LegalAction
- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! #HousingLaw Recent Developments🏡 @lizdsocialist.bsky.social (@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social) & Sam Madge-Wyld (@tanfield.bsky.social) cover key developments inc. breach of covenant, mobile homes, housing allocation & homelessness. 🔐 Subscribe to access > hi.switchy.io/lISC
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- ‼ IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ‼ Pro(vider) bono - The hidden cost of delivering #LegalAid - Are legal aid lawyers the unsung heroes of #ProBono? @fionabawdon.bsky.social reports in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lI4s
- ✨ONE WEEK UNTIL #CourtOfProtection Handbook In Practice Online | 5-6:30pm, 4 Feb The authors of the Court of Protection Handbook will provide practical guidance on critical areas for CoP practitioners. @doughtystreet.bsky.social @39essexchambers.bsky.social 💫BOOK HERE➡ swiy.co/cop-in-practice
- 💥IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! Catherine Casserley & Laura Redman (@cloisterslaw.bsky.social) analyse important #DiscriminationLaw news, with case updates on disability, gender recognition, harassment, sex discrimination, the PSED & education. 🔐 Subscribe to access > hi.switchy.io/lIRp
- 🔷IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! 🚨 #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls update by Nogah Ofer (Centre for Women's Justice), Sophie Naftalin (@bhattmurphy.bsky.social) & Helen Law (@matrixlaw.bsky.social) 🔒 Subscribe to access! hi.switchy.io/lIR_ #VAWG #AccessToJustice
- 💥NEED TO KNOW 📚Rosie Fox & Keith Coughtrie (@pilc-campaigns.bsky.social) on what #HousingLaw lawyers need to know about supporting Gypsy & Traveller clients & why local authority homelessness processes should not be your first port of call. ✈️ 📖 In 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯➡ hi.switchy.io/lIR9
- In 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, Jenny Beck reflects on Sir Andrew McFarlane’s time as President of the Family Division - his approach to leadership, reform & the pressures facing a #FamilyJustice system under strain. Read on here 👉 hi.switchy.io/lIQP
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- “Without sustainable staffing, many advice services may not survive.” A new report from @adviceuk.bsky.social reveals the UK’s #AdviceSector is losing staff, just when clients need support most. 📄 Full article in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIP-
- ✨GET YOUR TICKET TODAY! #CourtOfProtection Handbook In Practice - Online Training - 5-6:30pm, 4 Feb The authors of the Court of Protection Handbook will provide practical guidance on critical areas for CoP practitioners. 💫BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE➡️ swiy.co/cop-in-practice
- "There is now much activity in the UK...to codify nature's rights into legal systems." Emma Montlake (@elflaw.bsky.social) on how local action is reshaping #EnvironmentalLaw in the UK. 📘 Read more in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 magazine 👉 hi.switchy.io/lIP5 #RightsOfNature
- ✨ In #LegalAction Magazine! Martin Forde KC (@1crownofficerow.bsky.social) reflects on the #Windrush Compensation Scheme, defending its design & placing responsibility on the Home Office for its failure to deliver justice to victims. 👉 Read for more: hi.switchy.io/lIPd
- ✨We had a great day at our Intermediate-Advanced Inquests Training! 👏Huge thanks to Leslie Thomas KC (@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social), Jessie Nicholls (Matrix Chambers), @dmachover.bsky.social & Helen Stone (@hickmanandrose.co.uk) for an engaging day for those supporting bereaved families at inquests.
- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! ❇️ #DebtAdvice - Recent Developments❇️ Aadal Shafiq & Alexa Jensen of @sheltercharity.bsky.social highlight key cases, legislation & policy changes that affect debt advice. Subscribe to 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 today to read the update➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIRi #LawAndPractice #LAGMag
- 🌟"We are all committed to making London a better place to live"🌟 @fionabawdon.bsky.social reports from the first-ever Advising Londoners Awards, celebrating the life-changing work of legal advice agencies in the capital. Read on in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIR1
- 🏝 Desert Island Judgments 🏝 Our politicians have much to learn from the 250-year-old case of James Sommersett, a man who secured his own freedom & established protections for liberty for all, says Stephanie Harrison KC of @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social. Read on in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIR7
- ✨🔷IT'S TODAY! Intermediate-Advanced Level Inquest training🔷✨ This course is for #Inquest practitioners who want to gain practical & tactical guidance on handling complex inquests. ✨ONLINE swiy.co/inquests-online ✨IN-PERSON (Waitlist Only) hi.switchy.io/k-7O
- ✨🔷IT'S TOMORROW! Intermediate-Advanced Level Inquest training🔷✨ This hybrid all-day course is for #Inquest practitioners who want to deepen their knowledge & stay ahead of new developments. ✨ONLINE tickets ➡ swiy.co/inquests-online ✨IN-PERSON tickets (Waitlist Only)➡ hi.switchy.io/k-7O
- 📣 Imran Khan KC asks why – 25 years after Zahid Mubarek's murder – another young Asian man has died at the hands of his racist cellmate📣 "Since gains made by the Zahid Mubarek Inquiry & Stephen Lawrence Inquiry to root out racism, we seem to be going backward" In 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIQw
- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! 💫#SupportForMigrants Update💫 Sasha Rozansky (@dpglaw.co.uk), Gimhani Eriyagolla (@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social) Lilly Barritt & Mark Rogers (Both of Asylum Support Appeals Project) cover law, policy, research & recent cases for 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. Read on➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIRf
- "The decisions during Covid too often ignored children’s needs." After the Inquiry’s report, lawyers representing children & young people from @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social say the government must act NOW. 🔗 Read here ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIPh #CovidInquiry
- ✨🔷Intermediate-Advanced Level Inquest training - 20 Jan 2026🔷✨ This hybrid all-day course is for those wanting to deepen their knowledge & stay ahead of new developments in #InquestLaw In-Person tickets SOLD OUT! ✨ONLINE tickets are still available, get yours here ➡ swiy.co/inquests-online
- 2026 promises plenty of exciting LAG publications ahead. But if the festive flurry meant you missed two of our fabulous new editions at the end of 2025, here’s your January reminder! ✨ Order here 👉 www.lag.org.uk/bookshop #AccessToJustice #Parole #CriminalLaw #Police
- ✨ONLINE TRAINING #CourtOfProtection Handbook In Practice - 5-6:30pm, 4 Feb The authors of the Court of Protection Handbook will provide practical guidance on critical areas for CoP practitioners. 💫BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE➡️ swiy.co/cop-in-practice
- 🏡#Housing Recent Developments🏡 @lizdsocialist.bsky.social (@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social) & Sam Madge-Wyld (@tanfield.bsky.social) analyse #HousingLaw news & legislation, with case updates on possession claims, forfeiture & homelessness. 🔒Available to #LAGMag subscribers hi.switchy.io/lISC
- 💫In 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, David Powles of Norfolk Community Law Service reflects on the importance of #ProBono support, and why #Volunteer lawyers still have a meaningful contribution to make. 👉 Read here: hi.switchy.io/lIPB #AccessToJustice
- 🚨 #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls Update🚨 Nogah Ofer (Centre for Women's Justice), Sophie Naftalin (@bhattmurphy.bsky.social) & Helen Law (@matrixlaw.bsky.social) discuss developments in domestic abuse, Black & minoritised women’s deaths & more. 👉 Available to subscribers hi.switchy.io/lIR_
- Sir Andrew McFarlane is retiring as President of the Family Division, Jenny Beck examines the legacy he leaves - and the challenge of “getting the best out of a fragile system” for his successor. 🔗Read on➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIQP #FamilyLaw
- Legal Action Group is recruiting two trustees with the following skills and experience: 👉 Fundraising 👉 Marketing and communications Find out more: www.lag.org.uk/jobs/217004/legal-action-group-trustees Deadline: 30 January 2026 #Trustees #AccessToJustice #Charity #Fundraising #CharityComms
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- The latest issue of Community Care Law Reports is OUT NOW! The only law reports service devoted entirely to community care issues. Not a subscriber yet? Find out more here 👉 www.lag.org.uk/bookshop/cclr #LawReports #AccessToJustice #CommunityCare
- 📢JOB ALERT: @accesssocialcare.bsky.social is seeking to recruit a senior legal caseworker (home working with occasional travel), applications close Monday 26 January www.lag.org.uk/jobs/217773/...
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- 🟢Discrimination Update in the latest 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯🟢 Catherine Casserley & Laura Redman (Cloisters Law) round up key developments & cases on disability discrimination, harassment, gender recognition, sex discrimination, the PSED & education. 🔒 Available to subscribers ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIRp
- ✨🔷Intermediate-Advanced Level Inquest training - 20 Jan 2026🔷✨ This hybrid all-day course is for inquest practitioners who want to deepen their knowledge & stay ahead of new developments. ✨IN-PERSON tickets available here➡ hi.switchy.io/k-7O ✨ONLINE tickets available here➡ swiy.co/inquests-online
- Jack Sheard (jpsatthebar.bsky.social) of 42br.com reviews A Case of Life and Limb by Sally Smith KC - a novel that mixes legal insight with engaging storytelling. 🔗 Read the full review here ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIOx #LegalReads
- ⚠️ “Advice agencies are at breaking point.” @adviceuk.bsky.social urges a national workforce strategy for the legal #AdviceSector - after 88% of agencies report recruitment and retention struggles amid soaring demand. Read on ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIP- #LAGMag
