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On 2 June 2020, we submitted further evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee’s inquiry into Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 in relation to the exclusion of certain frontline health workers from the NHS concession.

Please see the below which has been sent to ILPA: Statement on the new immigration and asylum legal aid fixed fee Other than in exceptional circumstances, each member of the immigration team of the chambers listed below will not accept instructions under the ‘Reform Procedure’ to prepare an ‘Appeal Skeleton Argument’, unless specific provision is […]

You can now access the recording of the meeting here The password is 8t@*X0*@ Return to Economic Migration Working Group

Good afternoon all, I hope that everyone is well and has adjusted to the strange times in which we find ourselves. As you may have seen elsewhere on ILPA, working group meetings have gone digital. Our next ILPA North West meeting will be on Wednesday 17 June 2020 at 13:00. Access will be via Zoom, […]

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Biafran/Nigerian Asylum Claims and Update from Home Office regarding Travel Documents  Dear Members Please see below email from Jonathan Cooper at Doughty Street Chambers. All briefings can be accessed on the ILPA Website here.  From: Jonathan CooperSent: 30 April 2020 16:33To: ILPASubject: Biafran/Nigerian Asylum Claims Dear ILPA, Please find attached 5 Briefings that establish serious and systemic human rights violations […]

Dear Member,  Welcome to your fortnightly ILPA Well-being Newsletter. During these uncertain times ILPA is dedicated to ensuring that all members have access to information about free mental health and well-being resources. Today marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week 2020, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. This year the Mental Health Foundation is focusing on the power and […]

Dear Members The next meeting of the Economic Migration Working Group will be on Wednesday, 20 May, at the new start time of 5pm.  To take part in the working group meeting you will need to register here. Joining Zoom is very straightforward, but we have prepared a short guide in case you have any difficulties, which can […]

The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 have been laid today and are due to come into force on 8 June 2020. ILPA is concerned that, in real terms, the new immigration and asylum legal aid fixed fee amounts to a reduction at a time when legal aid practitioners are least able to […]