Research fellow @publiclawprojct
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Joined November 2012
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Joseph Summers retweeted
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed a fee increase for housing and immigration legal aid work.
Although these first steps go in the right direction, do they really meet the scale of reform needed?
PLP researcher @JoeESummers for @lawsocgazette:
lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-…
Joseph Summers retweeted
A Citizen's Practical Guide to Creating Algorithmic Transparency Registers, 23 June🤖
Next week, PLP & @SydneyLawSchool will be in Athens at the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability & Transparency @FAccTConference
#FAccT2025
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ALT People walking along a street, highlighted in blue as if they have been scanned by facial recognition technology
Joseph Summers retweeted
"The Data (Use and Access) Bill – is set to quietly water down the imperfect backstop regulation that has, until now, limited the decisions which can be fully automated."
PLP's Joseph Summers on why we need a new public law for the automated state 🤖⚖️
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Joseph Summers retweeted
All speakers confirmed!
We're excited to welcome a fantastic lineup of speakers to the Public Law and Technology Conference.
Monday 9 June at Fieldfisher (& online with slightly limited programme).
Secure your place now: lnkd.in/eYsW5ifJ
Joseph Summers retweeted
Breaking: We are delighted to share that our client @EllenClifford1 has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment.
These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.
ALT PLP lawyer Aoife O'Reilly and Ellen Clifford in front of the Royal Courts of Justice.
Joseph Summers retweeted
When it comes to immigration legal aid, are there new depths to the ocean of unmet need?
Has the Legal Aid Agency's list of providers who can give immigration advice remotely actually created a mirage of capacity?
In case you missed PLP's new report:
publiclawproject.org.uk/reso…
ALT Graphic showing Lady Justice and the title of this report
Joseph Summers retweeted
The historic fee increase for immigration legal aid could not have come at a more vital time.
PLP's new analysis of potential provider capacity has revealed shocking new depths of unmet need in south-west England 👇
publiclawproject.org.uk/reso…
ALT Picture of Justice holding scales in front of ocean, with title of report "New depths to the ocean of unmet need?" by Dr Jo Hynes and Joseph Summers
Joseph Summers retweeted
If true, this would be a welcome investment.
It would help some of the most marginalised people in our society & provide a much-needed boost to a key public service that has been neglected for too long.
(As a reminder, civil legal aid fees haven't been increased since 1996!)
🔺NEW: The justice secretary is to announce a major increase in funding for lawyers to represent migrants in asylum courts ⬇️
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Joseph Summers retweeted
🔺NEW: The justice secretary is to announce a major increase in funding for lawyers to represent migrants in asylum courts ⬇️
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Joseph Summers retweeted
“Remote advice is not a safe harbour in an ocean of unmet need,” said Dr. Jo Hynes.
Find out why we think the Ministry of Justice urgently needs to conduct more research & establish best practice guidelines ⬇️
With thanks to @NatalieByrom, @AsylumAid, @HelenBamber and A&M
‘Unsustainable fees’ & ‘burnt out’ lawyers: new report by @publiclawprojct warns against dangers of Legal Aid Agency pushing remote advice for refugees and asylum seekers as a 'solution' for growing legal aid deserts. Pic: @otium_Catulle thejusticegap.com/unsustaina…
Joseph Summers retweeted
Is remote advice the future of immigration legal aid, or could relying on phones do more harm than good?
The Ministry of Justice urgently needs to conduct more research & establish best practice guidelines, argues a new report ✍️
publiclawproject.org.uk/reso…
Joseph Summers retweeted
New report I worked on at @publiclawprojct reveals Universal Credit deductions cause significant harm and are applied in an opaque and arbitrary way.
Obtaining information about deductions, accessing hardship measures & seeking legal remedies is often a bureaucratic nightmare.🧵
The DWP are imposing deductions that push people into destitution, evictions, and poor mental & physical health, according to PLP’s new report.
Here’s why we’re calling for reforms that would stop dodgy debt collection and create a fairer system 🧵
publiclawproject.org.uk/reso…
Joseph Summers retweeted
The DWP are imposing deductions that push people into destitution, evictions, and poor mental & physical health, according to PLP’s new report.
Here’s why we’re calling for reforms that would stop dodgy debt collection and create a fairer system 🧵
publiclawproject.org.uk/reso…
Universal credit deductions are causing extreme poverty, evictions and mental and physical health problems, shocking new research from @publiclawprojct has found
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Joseph Summers retweeted
My @guardian story: Black and minority ethnic universal credit claimants disproportionately likely to be hit with benefit sanctions, new official statistics published for the first time shows theguardian.com/society/2024…
Joseph Summers retweeted
"As we celebrate the renewal of the human rights promise, we must also pay close attention to how we will ensure its enforcement" - @JoeESummers
The #HumanRightsAct may have survived, but the Gov't must make legal aid accessible to fulfil its purpose ✍️
lag.org.uk/article/215822/re…
Joseph Summers retweeted
What’s the real #CostofInjustice? 🚨
New research shows the Government has been wasting nearly £400k a year assessing immigration legal aid applications that fall under Exceptional Case Funding, even though almost 90% of those applications are approved
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Joseph Summers retweeted
PLP's statement on the Gaza - Israel conflict.
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Joseph Summers retweeted
JOB ALERT 🚨
Interested in joining the team that’s currently running the main challenge to the Rwanda policy?
If you're a capable and ambitious paralegal, apply here before 7 July to become a crucial part of PLP's casework team 👇
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Joseph Summers retweeted
"At a time when human rights law has been framed as a barrier to securing our borders, it’s more important than ever for the public to understand the reality of human rights."
PLP's Bessie Yuill on accessible language & human rights, for @LegalActionMag
lag.org.uk/article/215547/ta…
Joseph Summers retweeted
Should our understanding of human rights cover everyday issues like social security, food, housing & healthcare?
In @LegalActionMag, PLP researcher @sabashakil__ looks at how the UK could make economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs) enforceable ✍️
lag.org.uk/article/215603/ev…
