FLAC News

FLAC News 26 (1) Jan-Apr 2016

Summary

In this issue:

• Time to repair austerity damage to civil legal aid scheme: Accessing Justice in Hard Times report launched
• DIT collaboration yields impressive legal research from students
• In the Shadow of O’Casey: First FLAC fundraiser for new HQ in honour of literary and social giant
• Repossession: Borrowers urgently need support to stay in homes
• New guides promote access to justice at international level
• ECRI calls for social welfare appeals decisions to be published
• PILA update:
  • Prohibition of Third Party Funding:Chilling effect on Public Interest Litigation?
  • PILA Seminar: Public Interest Litigation and the Costs Barrier
  • Frontline issues dominate session on civil legal aid
• Subsidiary Protection applicants must be placed in effective position
• Legal changes ahead following Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
• FLAC policy round-up
• FLAC Volunteers page
• Focus on FLAC:
  • Claire Macken, Executive Officer
  • A fond farewell to Noeline
• Legal Aid in Ireland – a tale of two systems
• Balkan lawyers visit FLAC