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ILPA is a professional association and registered charity, founded in 1984 by leading practitioners in the field.

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ILPA documents | Legal Aid

ILPA Response to MoJ Consultation ‘Civil legal aid: Towards a sustainable future’ (21 March 2025)

ILPA submitted a response to the Ministry of Justice’s Consultation on increases to civil legal aid fees for Housing and Debt work, and Immigration and Asylum work on 21 March […]
ILPA Blog | Refugee

A Dangerous Journey?: The Good Character Requirement, Naturalisation, Trafficking, and Discrimination against Women

BY CATHERINE BRIDDICK Following the Home Office’s change to immigration staff guidance on assessing the good character requirement in nationality applications, Catherine Briddick, human rights and refugee law scholar at […]
ILPA documents | Refugee

ILPA Letter to Home Secretary Re: Updated Good Character Guidance (26 February 2025)

We have sent a letter to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper following the recent amendments made to the Good Character Guidance, published on 10 February 2025. Our letter urges the Government […]
ILPA Blog

Forty years of ILPA

BY ADRIAN BERRY, ELSPETH GUILD AND ALISON STANLEY As ILPA marks its 40th anniversary, Patrons Adrian Berry (AB), Elspeth Guild (EG) and Alison Stanley (AS), reflect on some of ILPA’s […]
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Friday 04 April

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ILPA Racial Justice and Equality Working Group Meeting
Thursday 10 April

ILPA Scotland Working Group Meeting
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