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HPCDS proposals: Early legal advice before the possession hearing

Latest HPCDS proposals The consultation on the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme has recently closed. Here, Simon Mullings analyses a key proposal to offer early legal advice…

Landlords face new requirements once possession proceedings resume

Further details have emerged of how courts will deal with housing possession cases when they resume next week. Possession proceedings have been suspended since March to protect…

Simon Mullings – Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award Winner

We are delighted that Simon Mullings who works in the Community Law Team at Edwards Duthie Shamash was named Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year in the…

Coronavirus update

Whilst we need to concentrate on being safe at this time, I want to reassure you that everybody at Edwards Duthie Shamash is working extremely hard to…

Shaun Murphy

Legal aid deserts and a culture of refusal

In June 2019 the Guardian published an article by its legal correspondent Owen Bowcott describing reports of a ‘culture of refusal’ at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA). …

Lawyers pull punches over election manifestos

Disabled refugee still homeless after brutal street attack

A disabled refugee is still living in unsuitable accommodation, more than a year after he was brutally attacked in the street. Atif al-Sharif, a Sudanese national who fled…

Barking fire: social tenants told to return despite safety fears

Residents of east London flats say they are being forced back before safety assessments.

Lawyer in the news

Simon Mullings, Senior Case Worker in Community Law.

Legal Aid Matters

70 years ago the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 came into force. As an organisation that campaigns to promote access to justice, we want to mark…

Legal Aid ‘culture of refusal’

Applications for legal aid in homelessness cases dropped by 34%

Normalisation of risk in the legal aid sector

Normalisation of risk in the legal aid sector. Simon Mullings examines how work ‘at risk’ in the legal aid sector has become the new normal.

‘Real-life Daniel Blake”s barrister blasts legal aid cuts following tribunal win

Equality Act: access to assessors in the county court

Andrea Qwarnstrom and Simon Mullings consider the current law and guidance around the use of Equality Act assessors in the county court. Experience suggests that more robust procedures and guidance might be needed to ensure that this important court resource is properly utilised.