The ZA Office is generally open on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10 and 4 pm (please check before coming to the office).
Please sign the petition “Save Legal Aid – Say No to Cut-Price Justice” . You can read more and sign the petition here:
http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-legal-aid-say-no-to-cut-price-justice
Demonstrate against attacks on legal aid! There will be a demonstration on Wednesday 22 May outside Parliament at Old Palace Yard London SW1 from 10.30am against the attacks on legal aid.
In the Queen’s Speech the Government announced plans to limit the use of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
We should be very wary about this proposal, as it could greatly alter the balance of power between judges and the Executive.
Read more: Adam Wagner, New Statesman, 08/05/13
Copies of Serco Magazine available from the ZA Office (for a donation towards post and packing) - contact info@zimbabweassociation.org.uk
ZA Members and friends at the Launch of SERCO magazine at Oxford House
On Monday 1st April 2013, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) came into force. It means fewer people have access to free legal representation and if you have a legal problem there is now more chance that you will have to represent yourself.
The Bar Council have prepared a Guide to help you to understand how the justice system should work. You can download the guide here . . . .
Information updates from ILPA on Family visa appeals, Family tracing and Family Migration – see under Asylum Issues heading and Links and Campaigns
See below briefing from ASAP where judges found that entitlement to both Section 95 and Section 4 support continued until individuals received their status documents. Decisions largely made on the basis that until individuals who had been granted leave by UKBA had received their status documents, they would be unable to access mainstream benefits or take up employment
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