Legal Aid reform discussion 19 January

There will be a discussion of HLPA’s response to the proposed legal aid reforms at the meeting of 19 January 2011. Members are asked to bring a copy of the questionnaire to the consultation with them to the meeting. The consultation questionnaire can be...

Membership for 2011

It is time for membership renewals – and the best time of year for new members to join for a full year of benefits. This year, there is a 10% discount on the standard membership rates for members who renew their membership before 31 Janaury 2011. There is an...

Localism Bill published

Available here. This includes virtually all of the housing and homelessness proposals in the Green Paper consulation on social housing reform, even though the closing date for the consultation is 17 January 2011.

Legal Aid Debate Tuesday 14th December 2010

Karen Buck MP has been allocated an adjournment debate on Tuesday 14th December 9.30 – 11 am at Westminster Hall, the House of Commons. The subject is ‘Legal Aid’. This is an opportunity to inform MPs about the issues in the Green Paper and how it...

Housing and Legal Aid discussions

HLPA members Robert Latham and Ben Chataway ran a workshop on housing and legal at the Legal Aid Conference: Social Welfare Law Matters on 12 November 2010. The workshop paper is available here [doc], and although pre-dating the Green Paper reforms, sets out the...

Legal Aid Reforms and Social Housing Reforms

New forums for HLPA members to discuss the Legal Aid and Social Housing reform proposals and HLPA’s response are open. For the Legal Aid reforms forum, go here. For the Social Housing Reforms forum, go here. The Ministry of Justice has issued the green paper on...