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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 New offer alert! Subscribe to Legal Action in October and get 12 issues for the price of 10!

📰 That's two free issues packed with essential law and practice updates, plus incisive commentary and analysis from leading lawyers on all things social justice.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 1d

🎉 Just 2 weeks to go!

Join us at the Community Care Conference 2025 with
@39essexchambers.bsky.social for expert insight, legal updates & practical guidance.

📍 39 Essex Chambers, London
🗓️ 21 Oct
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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Panel Highlight: Update on Community Care Cases From the Last 12 Months

Sian Davies & Sam Fowles of @39essexchambers.bsky.social will unpack the most impactful recent community care cases, providing attendees with a comprehensive update.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 6d

📢 JOB ALERT Nottingham Law Centre is looking to recruit a housing paralegal (full time) to join the team. Applications close 28 October 2025 at 12 noon www.lag.org.uk/jobs/217385/...

Nottingham Law Centre – housing paralegal

Nottingham Law Centre – housing paralegal – full time – office-based but with option of hybrid working

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 6d

📢 JOB ALERT Nottingham Law Centre is looking to recruit a solicitor or experienced housing adviser (full time) to join the team. Applications close 28 October 2025 at 12 noon www.lag.org.uk/jobs/217384/...

Nottingham Law Centre – solicitor or experienced housing adviser

Nottingham Law Centre – solicitor or experienced housing adviser – full time – office-based but with option of hybrid working

www.lag.org.uk

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 7d

🎉 October's Legal Action is here - subscribers, check your inboxes!

This month's editorial: Leaking sewage and dead seagulls rotting in the roof.

@suejames.bsky.social on how the neglected state of our courts has become a metaphor for how little successive governments value the justice system.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Last chance for early bird tickets for our Community Care Conference with @39essexchambers.bsky.social - available until 8pm today!

Join leading experts in community care law on 21 Oct in London.

🎟 Lunch & networking drinks included
👉 Book now: tinyurl.com/6sc8z4dv

LAG Community Care Conference 2025

Legal Action Group, Community Care Law Conference 2025, in collaboration with 39 Essex Chambers

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 12d

We're delighted to partner with @publiclawproject.bsky.social & @39essexchambers.bsky.social on this training based on our book 'Making Lawful Decisions' by @stevebroach.bsky.social and @torbc.bsky.social.

Book now to secure your place & receive a discount on the book: shorturl.pulse.ly/mltceu8krj

Public Law Project @publiclawproject.bsky.social · 13d

🔔 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
📅 4, 6, 11 & 14 Nov | Zoom

4 webinars for decision-makers! In partnership with @legalactiongroup.bsky.social & @39essexchambers.bsky.social.

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Getting it right first time: Making lawful decisions

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 13d

Prison Law: recent developments

Hamish Arnott, Simon Creighton and @jane-ryan.bsky.social round up key cases on the Parole Board, compassionate release, and habeas corpus.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 13d

𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 📖

Simon Osborne (@cpaguk.bsky.social) delves into the latest case law shaping claims, payments, overpayments, appeals (including tribunals), human rights and European law.

📌 Read the full analysis in this month's issue - available to subscribers: www.lag.org.uk/subscriptions

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 13d

“Little improvement” in dilapidated courts, says Law Society zurl.co/IlIZX

“Little improvement” in dilapidated courts, says Law Society

Solicitors have reported “little improvement” in the dilapidated state of court estate over the past three years, with problems including rotting seagulls and maggots “raining down” into a lobby.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 14d

⏳ Early bird tickets for our Community Care Conference at 39 Essex Chambers end 29 September!

👉 Join us for a day of insight, action & networking with leading experts and frontline advocates in community care law.

🎟 Book now to secure your place:
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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 15d

We're delighted to have sent our Social Justice packs to this year's brilliant cohort of Legal Education Foundation's Justice First Fellows.

The Fellowship supports aspiring lawyers to pursue #SocialJustice law. We're proud to play a small part in this.

#AccessToJustice

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 16d

Inside September's Legal Action Magazine✨

Niamh Grahame explores the rights of late EU Settlement Scheme applicants and the issues arising from the UK’s restrictive approach.

Click to learn more! swiy.co/i8nb @publiclawproject.bsky.social

Rights for late applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme

Niamh Grahame looks at the implications of making a successful late application.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 19d

Spotlight on September's Legal Action Magazine✨

Helen Mowatt and Sam Tippett explain how housing lawyers can use equality legislation to bring successful strategic litigation.

Read more 👇 @pilc-campaigns.bsky.social

Need to know: strategic litigation for housing lawyers

Helen Mowatt and Sam Tippet set out what housing lawyers need to know about strategic litigation.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 19d

🟩 New edition of the Court of Protection Handbook OUT NOW! 🟩

Your comprehensive guide to the COP, aimed not only at lawyers but also the increasing number of people who are involved in proceedings without legal help.

ORDER YOUR COPY www.lag.org.uk/shop/book-ti...

#AccessToJustice

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 20d

⚖️ 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗛𝗖 𝘃 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆

Youth justice lawyer and campaigner Shauneen Lambe on the case that brought stronger protections for 17-year-olds in the police station.

Read more 👇 swiy.co/hvTn

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 21d

"More luck than judgment"

James Burley, the investigator who helped free Andrew Malkinson, on the failings by the Court of Appeal and CCRC that kept his innocent client behind bars for nearly two decades -and the lessons that still need to be learned.

@we-are-appeal.bsky.social

More luck than judgment

James Burley, the investigator who helped exonerate Andrew Malkinson, on the lessons that remain unlearned and why proposed reforms do not go far enough.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 22d

🌟 "Better vibes than the Baftas!"

@suejames.bsky.social reports on this year's glittering @lalyawards.bsky.social, which celebrate lawyers on the social justice frontline.

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Courage, compassion and commitment

‘Better vibes than the Baftas’ was the verdict of the host of this year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards. Sue James reports.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 26d

📜 "Every word said at trial counts"

Emily Bolton on why, when it comes to challenging miscarriages of justice, a judge's summing up can never be a substitute for a full transcript.

🔎 Uncover more in Legal Action Magazine: swiy.co/htED @we-are-appeal.bsky.social

Objection: Why every word counts

To find out what went wrong in a miscarriage of justice, you need a complete record of the trial – not easy in the UK, says Emily Bolton.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Join our Violence Against Women & Girls Update – next Wednesday!

Nogah Ofer, Sophie Naftalin & Helen Law will unpack their latest insights from the June edition of Legal Action Magazine.

👉 Register now: swiy.co/VAWG25

@bhattmurphy.bsky.social @matrixlaw.bsky.social #CentreforWomensJustice

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 27d

"They crash; we burn" 🔥

Family lawyer @oliverconway.bsky.social on the shattering impact of the Legal Aid Agency's data breach.

📰 Discover the full piece 👉 swiy.co/htDx

Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 28d

@newsagents.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com described him as 'an older, rather ruddy gentleman who wouldn't have looked out of place in an Evelyn Waugh novel'.

@fionabawdon.bsky.social on the 'access to justice champion' behind the controversial Afghan superinjunction in Sept's Legal Action mag.

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 29d

Spotlight on September's Legal Action Magazine

CEO @suejames.bsky.social reflects on the Levenson Review, the Crown Court backlog, and why restricting jury trials risks undermining fairness, diversity, and public confidence in the justice system.

Read more 👉swiy.co/ht8a

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Legal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 29d

🥳 And that’s a wrap! 🥳

The new edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now officially at the printers!

Available from the 3rd week of Sept but you can pre-order your print copy now: www.lag.org.uk?id=216768

#AccessToJustice

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