Dr Jon Robins
Earlier this year Watford employment tribunal awarded Elon de Oliveira £35,700 after a sustained period of racist abuse he suffered at work as a hospital porter at Hammersmith Hospital...
Another review and another nail banged into the coffin of the Legal Services Commission (LSC).
“Bombed—lost everything”. That was how one London Citizens Advice bureau memorably recorded the nature of the legal problems for the newly dispossessed “streams” of clients approaching the nascent service. War was declared on 3 September 1939 and the first bureau opened its doors the next day.
The government should act to resolve iniquities at the heart of the inquest system, says Jon Robins
The government should act to resolve iniquities at the heart of the inquest system, says Jon Robins
Staff cuts and budgetary constraints could undermine LSC attempts to reinvent itself says Jon Robins
Jon Robins reports on the deterioration of legal aid
Urgent action is needed to stem the crisis in mental health law, says Jon Robins
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The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ
