Sep 29, 2017 Citizenship, Identity and the Quagmire of Brexit Negotiations By Susie Alegre The latest round of negotiations on Brexit ended this week in Brussels with mixed reviews. Citizens’ Rights is one of the three key...
Sep 19, 2017 New resource on social welfare law in Wales By Sophy Miles With the increasing divergence in social welfare law and practice between England and Wales, all of us owe a debt of gratitude to Luke...
Sep 18, 2017 Crime and Security- a Brexit afterthought? By Susie Alegre As London was responding to it's fourth terrorist attack this year, David Davis announced that DexEU was drawing up proposals for a new...
Sep 14, 2017 Mental health support for care leavers urgently needed By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC In March 2015 the Department for Education and the Department of Health jointly published new statutory guidance on Promoting the health...
Sep 14, 2017 Councils should make care leavers exempt from council tax - but local changes are not enough; national change is needed By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC In December 2016 I blogged about how Hammersmith and Fulham had become the first London council to make care leavers exempt from council...
Sep 12, 2017 Interviewing Wards of Court: Updated Guidance By Angela Patrick In May, I noted a judgment of Sir James Munby in Re A Ward, which made clear that the existing practice direction on interviewing...
Sep 08, 2017 Parliamentary plumbing and the EU (Withdrawal) Bill By Angela Patrick It is sometimes easy to tell when some things are “deficient” or “failing”. When your pipes burst and you find your kitchen floor...