Vicky Ling
@vickyling1.bsky.social
Working with others to improve access to justice. Interested in legal aid, pro bono, art, cats and gardening.
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The prison population stands at 87,199. There are 105 more people in prison than there were last week.
By the prison service's own measure of safe and decent accommodation, there is room for only 79,428. The population is 7,771 above this level.
howardleague.org/prison-watch/
By the prison service's own measure of safe and decent accommodation, there is room for only 79,428. The population is 7,771 above this level.
howardleague.org/prison-watch/
February 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The prison population stands at 87,199. There are 105 more people in prison than there were last week.
By the prison service's own measure of safe and decent accommodation, there is room for only 79,428. The population is 7,771 above this level.
howardleague.org/prison-watch/
By the prison service's own measure of safe and decent accommodation, there is room for only 79,428. The population is 7,771 above this level.
howardleague.org/prison-watch/
Thank you kindly! Other contacts feel free to sponsor the legal aid newcomer award - we need to encourage the next generation!
It's shout out time!!! 📢 Big thank you to wonderful @vickyling1.bsky.social for kindly donating to help sponsor our Legal Aid Newcomer award. Please consider yourself an official Friend of #LALY25.
More friends v much welcome!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/friends-of...
More friends v much welcome!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/friends-of...
Friends of LALY25
Become a Friend of LALY25 and show your support for social justice by donating to help sponsor the Legal Aid Newcomer award.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thank you kindly! Other contacts feel free to sponsor the legal aid newcomer award - we need to encourage the next generation!
It’s always an exciting moment when an updated edition of the Legal Aid Handbook hits the desk! Thanks to all involved
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It’s always an exciting moment when an updated edition of the Legal Aid Handbook hits the desk! Thanks to all involved
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🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client
@ellenclifford.bsky.social 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.
@ellenclifford.bsky.social 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.
January 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client
@ellenclifford.bsky.social 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.
@ellenclifford.bsky.social 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.
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
Advocate is looking for an Engagement Manager (maternity cover) to join our team and help us champion access to justice.
The role is full time, hybrid working.
Apply by Sunday 19th January! ⏰
➡️ bit.ly/Advoc8Careers
#ProBono #LegalJobs #AccessToJustice
Advocate is looking for an Engagement Manager (maternity cover) to join our team and help us champion access to justice.
The role is full time, hybrid working.
Apply by Sunday 19th January! ⏰
➡️ bit.ly/Advoc8Careers
#ProBono #LegalJobs #AccessToJustice
January 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
Advocate is looking for an Engagement Manager (maternity cover) to join our team and help us champion access to justice.
The role is full time, hybrid working.
Apply by Sunday 19th January! ⏰
➡️ bit.ly/Advoc8Careers
#ProBono #LegalJobs #AccessToJustice
Advocate is looking for an Engagement Manager (maternity cover) to join our team and help us champion access to justice.
The role is full time, hybrid working.
Apply by Sunday 19th January! ⏰
➡️ bit.ly/Advoc8Careers
#ProBono #LegalJobs #AccessToJustice
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More than half of teachers using physical restraint on children have had no training on how do so safely in the last two years, a survey shows, as disquiet grows about the extent of such physical interventions in both special and mainstream schools inews.co.uk/news/restrai...
How restraint in schools is traumatising children with SEND and injuring teachers
Children's tsar raises alarm over 'terrible' use of restraint as poll finds more than half of teachers have had no training on how to do it safely
inews.co.uk
January 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
More than half of teachers using physical restraint on children have had no training on how do so safely in the last two years, a survey shows, as disquiet grows about the extent of such physical interventions in both special and mainstream schools inews.co.uk/news/restrai...
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So, 2025 is the year that I get to introduce/inflict my new pseudonymous pen name - S.J. Fleet.
And send this little critter out into the world.
August 2025 will be the debut of The Cut Throat Trial (although you can pre-order now).
And good Lord I’m terrified.
www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
And send this little critter out into the world.
August 2025 will be the debut of The Cut Throat Trial (although you can pre-order now).
And good Lord I’m terrified.
www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
January 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
So, 2025 is the year that I get to introduce/inflict my new pseudonymous pen name - S.J. Fleet.
And send this little critter out into the world.
August 2025 will be the debut of The Cut Throat Trial (although you can pre-order now).
And good Lord I’m terrified.
www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
And send this little critter out into the world.
August 2025 will be the debut of The Cut Throat Trial (although you can pre-order now).
And good Lord I’m terrified.
www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
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‘We live on Pot Noodles’: rickets hits homeless families with no kitchen
The lack of cooking facilities is a frequent complaint in homelessness cases.
The lack of cooking facilities is a frequent complaint in homelessness cases.
December 1, 2024 at 7:29 AM
‘We live on Pot Noodles’: rickets hits homeless families with no kitchen
The lack of cooking facilities is a frequent complaint in homelessness cases.
The lack of cooking facilities is a frequent complaint in homelessness cases.
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There’s just two days left in 2024, and we’re still waiting for more details on the review of Universal Credit.
People struggling to get by on woefully inadequate benefits need action now. The government must urgently set out the terms of the review.
People struggling to get by on woefully inadequate benefits need action now. The government must urgently set out the terms of the review.
December 30, 2024 at 9:50 AM
There’s just two days left in 2024, and we’re still waiting for more details on the review of Universal Credit.
People struggling to get by on woefully inadequate benefits need action now. The government must urgently set out the terms of the review.
People struggling to get by on woefully inadequate benefits need action now. The government must urgently set out the terms of the review.
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Just published:Public Law Project's brilliant new report on a research project monitoring real capacity for asylum legal aid providers to take on work remotely from South West advice desert. Spoiler: turns out there was v little real capacity, esp for appeals! publiclawproject.org.uk/content/uplo...
publiclawproject.org.uk
December 18, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Just published:Public Law Project's brilliant new report on a research project monitoring real capacity for asylum legal aid providers to take on work remotely from South West advice desert. Spoiler: turns out there was v little real capacity, esp for appeals! publiclawproject.org.uk/content/uplo...
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"Legal aid is the stone that successive governments have left unturned when looking at alleviating poverty."
Last year, Law Centres saved the government an estimated £172 million. With sustainable funding, they could do a whole lot more.
👉 www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/law...
Last year, Law Centres saved the government an estimated £172 million. With sustainable funding, they could do a whole lot more.
👉 www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/law...
Law Centres: Poor relations
At a time of historically high demand, law centres starved of funds have been closing their doors. Supply and demand are heading in opposite directions, reports Catherine Baksi.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
"Legal aid is the stone that successive governments have left unturned when looking at alleviating poverty."
Last year, Law Centres saved the government an estimated £172 million. With sustainable funding, they could do a whole lot more.
👉 www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/law...
Last year, Law Centres saved the government an estimated £172 million. With sustainable funding, they could do a whole lot more.
👉 www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/law...
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❗ It is the last week of our IPP hotline ❗
☎️ The hotline is open from 5pm today.
Our lawyers have trained volunteers at Peters and Peters LLP to host an advice line to support with queries about the changes in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.
howardleague.org/publications...
☎️ The hotline is open from 5pm today.
Our lawyers have trained volunteers at Peters and Peters LLP to host an advice line to support with queries about the changes in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.
howardleague.org/publications...
December 16, 2024 at 7:05 AM
❗ It is the last week of our IPP hotline ❗
☎️ The hotline is open from 5pm today.
Our lawyers have trained volunteers at Peters and Peters LLP to host an advice line to support with queries about the changes in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.
howardleague.org/publications...
☎️ The hotline is open from 5pm today.
Our lawyers have trained volunteers at Peters and Peters LLP to host an advice line to support with queries about the changes in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.
howardleague.org/publications...
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We cannot build our way out of this crisis. Billions earmarked for new jails would be better invested in probation.
Read our response to the government’s plans to open up 14,000 more prison places by 2031, outlined in a new 10-year strategy announced today: howardleague.org/news/billion...
Read our response to the government’s plans to open up 14,000 more prison places by 2031, outlined in a new 10-year strategy announced today: howardleague.org/news/billion...
December 11, 2024 at 7:22 AM
We cannot build our way out of this crisis. Billions earmarked for new jails would be better invested in probation.
Read our response to the government’s plans to open up 14,000 more prison places by 2031, outlined in a new 10-year strategy announced today: howardleague.org/news/billion...
Read our response to the government’s plans to open up 14,000 more prison places by 2031, outlined in a new 10-year strategy announced today: howardleague.org/news/billion...
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“Art offers Sanctuary to everyone willing to open their hearts as well as their eyes.”
— Nikki Giovanni
May she rest in peace:
www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
#art #artsky #writing #poetry #blacksky
— Nikki Giovanni
May she rest in peace:
www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
#art #artsky #writing #poetry #blacksky
Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81
The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall.
www.npr.org
December 10, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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'Fishing Otter' linocut and silkscreen print by Angela Harding, contemporary artist based in the UK
December 9, 2024 at 12:36 PM
'Fishing Otter' linocut and silkscreen print by Angela Harding, contemporary artist based in the UK
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Law Centres now make up over 1 in 7 of housing #LegalAid providers and nearly 1 in 8 of immigration legal aid providers.
See what LCN and Law Centres are achieving together—all in our new annual review.
👉 www.lawcentres.org.uk/news/the-val...
See what LCN and Law Centres are achieving together—all in our new annual review.
👉 www.lawcentres.org.uk/news/the-val...
December 4, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Law Centres now make up over 1 in 7 of housing #LegalAid providers and nearly 1 in 8 of immigration legal aid providers.
See what LCN and Law Centres are achieving together—all in our new annual review.
👉 www.lawcentres.org.uk/news/the-val...
See what LCN and Law Centres are achieving together—all in our new annual review.
👉 www.lawcentres.org.uk/news/the-val...
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📣 #PMShoutout to Joshua Griffin @gatehouse.bsky.social for securing a settlement of over £100,000 for our applicant, a 78-year-old widow, in her negligence claim against a letting agent. Josh was assisted by a team of solicitors at Dentons, secured through Pro Bono Connect (continued below).
December 4, 2024 at 12:05 PM
📣 #PMShoutout to Joshua Griffin @gatehouse.bsky.social for securing a settlement of over £100,000 for our applicant, a 78-year-old widow, in her negligence claim against a letting agent. Josh was assisted by a team of solicitors at Dentons, secured through Pro Bono Connect (continued below).
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This would be a great step forward (especially re reasonable adjustments cases) if it happens www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/moj-mul...
MoJ mulls costs protection for discrimination claims
Call for evidence comes four years after judicial review case was lost by disability campaigner.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 1:59 PM
This would be a great step forward (especially re reasonable adjustments cases) if it happens www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/moj-mul...
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I successfully challenged the refusal of Attendance Allowance for the relative of my son's partner. Given I last did welfare benefits law in 2006 I feel quite chuffed (even though it was a ridiculous refusal)
December 2, 2024 at 9:06 AM
I successfully challenged the refusal of Attendance Allowance for the relative of my son's partner. Given I last did welfare benefits law in 2006 I feel quite chuffed (even though it was a ridiculous refusal)
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We are going to have a whole bundle of fun with this webinar about bundles on Wednesday. www.civillitigationbrief.com/2024/12/02/p... It covers the biggest, and most vicious row, I have seen in inter-lawyer correspondence - and it is a row about bundles...
PROMOTING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE HUMBLE COURT BUNDLE: A “LITIGATOR’S SURVIVAL GUIDE”: WEBINAR 4th DECEMBER 2024
The problems that courts have with bundles have always been a prominent part of this blog. A post about bundles, “Sedley’s Laws” and how to prepare a bundle was the most read pos…
www.civillitigationbrief.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:29 PM
We are going to have a whole bundle of fun with this webinar about bundles on Wednesday. www.civillitigationbrief.com/2024/12/02/p... It covers the biggest, and most vicious row, I have seen in inter-lawyer correspondence - and it is a row about bundles...
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📣 #PMShoutout to Jenn Lawrence of Monckton Chambers for successfully representing an asylum seeker in an asylum appeal.
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December 2, 2024 at 2:38 PM
📣 #PMShoutout to Jenn Lawrence of Monckton Chambers for successfully representing an asylum seeker in an asylum appeal.
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