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It is with enormous sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague and friend, Simon (Spike) Mullings.  Simon worked for EDS for over 25 years and during that time assisted hundreds, if not thousands, of clients in fighting homelessness..

Garden Court Chambers mourns the death of Law Centre colleague Simon Mullings. Simon was at the forefront of everything in housing & homelessness law. He was a brilliant lawyer & a fierce fighter for all his clients. He will be dearly missed. tinyurl.com/3kefcr6x

A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE (AND GREAT) SIMON ("SPIKE") MULLINGS: "STAY SAFE EVERYONE AND MAKE SURE YOU HUG YOUR LOVED ONES" civillitigationbrief.com/2024/09/04/a-t… via Gordon Exall

Tributes pour in after ‘force of nature’ and ‘legend in the world of housing law’ passes away dlvr.it/TCpdjK #ukhousing

PLP joins tributes for Simon (Spike) Mullings, whose passing is a huge loss. Simon was a pre-eminent adviser and activist, and the principle of access to justice has lost a powerful proponent.

.Fiona Bawdon reports on how immigration law organisations responded to far-right threats to clients and staff lag.org.uk/?id=215882

'As we now have a new government, it is time to implement active measures to curb the hostile environment that has been fuelled by the inflammatory language of the last one,' says Legal Action Group CEO Sue James lag.org.uk/?id=215881

Lawyers need to act now to find out if their clients were among those wrongly targeted in the Gangs Violence Matrix, before police records are destroyed, say Katrina Ffrench of UNJUST-UK and Louise Whitfield of Liberty lag.org.uk/?id=215851

. Kate Aubrey-Johnson, Elena Papamichael, Michael Goold and Catherine Rose of Garden Court Chambers round up important developments in youth justice lag.org.uk/?id=215837 Legal Action Group

Philip Tsamados rounds up important employment law developments, with cases on cases on discrimination, procedure, contractual rights and unfair dismissal lag.org.uk/?id=215773 Legal Action Group

.Russell James and Natasha Bellinger explain how housing lawyers can protect their clients’ interests in cases where capacity issues arise lag.org.uk/?id=215697 Legal Action Group

Hamish Arnott, Simon Creighton and Jane Ryan of Bhatt Murphy round up important developments in prison law lag.org.uk/?id=215771

Simon Osborne of Child Poverty Action Group rounds up recent developments in case law relating to claims, payments and overpayments, decisions and appeals (including tribunals), human rights and European law lag.org.uk/?id=215732

.Cris McCurley 🕷Activist Lawyer of BenHoareBell on how the Hillsborough disaster and the ensuing fight for justice shaped her legal career lag.org.uk/?id=215709

Really helpful guide from Rook Irwin Sweeney and my 39 Essex Chambers colleague Steph David on requesting children’s records from public bodies rookirwinsweeney.co.uk/making-request…

✨ Delighted to share that our barristers have contributed to the September 2024 issue of #LegalAction Magazine by Legal Action Group – A Thread 🧵

Legal Action Group LegalAction magazine Ollie Persey Jack Sheard Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) Franck Magennis 🍉 Kate Aubrey-Johnson Elena Papamichael Our Owen Greenhall (owen greenhall), Ollie Persey & Marc Willers KC (Marc Willers KC), together with Chris Johnson, provide the annual update on #GypsyAndTraveller law, covering caravan counts, new police eviction powers, the Mobile Homes Act & more. Read on 🔽 tinyurl.com/2abjnyvn

📢 Legal Action Group's #CommunityCare Conference is on Tues 22 October 🗓️ 🕙 9:50am - 5:30pm Speakers, including our Bethan Harris, Connor Johnston & Ollie Persey, will cover essential updates & this year’s most challenging cases. Find out more & book 🔽 tinyurl.com/4hxv59jb

LAG's Community Care law conference is on Tuesday 22 October at 39 Essex Chambers. We'll be bringing you sessions covering a wide range of topics, including essential updates and an overview of this year's most challenging cases. BOOK YOUR SPOT NOW: eventbrite.co.uk/e/lag-communit…

We're incredibly excited that our new book Making Lawful Decisions, by the brilliant Steve Broach KC KC and Tor Butler-Cole KC, is publishing on Sept 27! FIND OUT MORE & PRE-ORDER your copy here: lag.org.uk/shop/products/… 39 Essex Chambers