Southampton University professors claim free speech at stake as they challenge costs imposed for security at conference on Israel by Owen Bowcott, Legal Affairs Correrspondent, The Guardian Two professors who were asked to stump up £24,000 to cover policing and security for a conference on the legitimacy of Israel are challenging Southampton University in a…
Next week, from 3rd to 6th November 2015, Mr Justice Leggatt will hear further legal arguments on behalf of 1386 Iraqi civilians alleging unlawful killings and ill-treatment at the hands of the British military in Iraq from 2003 to 2008. This hearing follows Leggatt’s judgment of 17 March 2015 which ordered for a process with…
Following the decision in Tigere (https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2014-0255-judgment.pdf) the Secretary of State adopted an interim policy (http://www.slc.co.uk/media/latest-news/policy-statement-interim-policy-for-handling-cases-following-the-supreme-court-ruling-in-the-case-of-tigere.aspx) for determining applications for student loans from people without settled status. In the case of Nyoni v SSBIS and SLC (interested party), a PIL client, a second year student of International Business Management, is challenging the unlawful application of that…
PIL are acting on behalf of a client who lives in Sheffield, and is supported by Broomhill Library Action Group (‘BLAG’). We are challenging the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (‘DCMS’) and their failure to conduct an inquiry into the changes of library services in Sheffield. We are arguing the DCMS have a duty under…
The Secretary of State for Innovation, Business and Skills today conceded that PIL client Michael Madziva is entitled to student finance. Michael has been resident in the UK since 2002 and sought student finance to pursue a course at university. Following a decision by the Student Loans Company to refuse Michael student finance, PIL issued…
PIL are acting on behalf of a client who lives in Coalville and is supported by Friends of Snibston (FoS). We issued Judicial Review proceedings regarding the closure of Snibston Discovery Museum. We argued the public consultation carried out by Leicestershire County Council on the Museum’s future in April 2014, was flawed because it did…
The Court of Appeal today upheld the High Court’s finding of 2 May 2014 that the UK’s detention policy while in Afghanistan was unlawful. From November 2009 the UK’s policy had involved internment for the purposes of interrogation for weeks or months beyond the permitted 96 hours under the ISAF (International Security and Assistance Force…
Editorial Paul Heron from Public Interest Lawyers has been in touch with regard to gaining national information on the failure of the DCMS to properly investigate and respond to cuts to public libraries. The full details are below. Please respond if you can help. Judicial Review challenge of Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s failure to…
The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP Secretary of State for Defence The Ministerial Correspondence Unit Floor 5, Zone A Main Building, Whitehall London, SW1A 2HB Our Ref: PS/SJ/KH/Long/20509 BY POST AND FAX (020 7218 7140) 13 January 2012 Dear Mr Hammond, PRE–ACTION PROTOCOL LETTER: CLAIM REGARDING THE DEATH OF SIX ROYAL MILITARY POLICE IN MAJAR-AL-KABIR,…
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT BETWEEN: Claim no: CO224204 THE QUEEN (on the application of BASH’HAR ABDUL JABBAR MOSSA ALI) Claimant THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE Defendant GROUNDS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW Introduction The Claimant and his father, Mr Abdul Jabbar Mossa Ali, were arrested by British soldiers at their home in Aljamhoria,…
