A human rights organisation is taking the national provider
of legal aid to court because it is refusing to help rough sleepers challenge
councils over the use of potentially unlawful powers to move them on. Liberty
has launched the legal challenge against the Legal Aid Agency because they will
not offer assistance to rough sleepers and other local residents who cannot
afford to pay lawyers if they want to challenge local authorities’ use of
public space protection orders (PSPOs). A PSPO allows councils to ban
activities they deem to have a detrimental effect on the lives of others. Read
more on the Guardian website.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/23/legal-aid-agency-taken-to-court-for-refusing-to-help-rough-sleepers
England’s housing courts at breaking point as renters battle no-fault
evictions
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Courts said to be ‘overloaded’ as landlords sell properties and tenants
with nowhere to go try to delay evictions
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