Research Outputs
Links to blog posts and articles
A blog post for the Refugee Law Initiative, setting out the serious capacity gap for asylum legal aid, November 2022.
A post in The Justice Gap analysing the Freedom of Information response on legal aid work being undertaken in every part of England and Wales, June 2023.
Other research
Ten Years of LASPO: immigration legal aid now and the cost-shifting effects of austerity cuts.
Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 37 (3) p221.
Article based on the research into local authority funding, demonstrating some of the ways in which cuts to legal aid have. Shifted costs onto local authorities and other government departments.
It’s a No Brainer: Local authority funding for immigration legal advice in the UK
A report on local authority funding for immigration legal advice, its prevalence across the UK and the different models adopted by local authorities, together with resources for assessing a local population and the cost-benefits of funding advice.
Adequacy and Availability of Immigration Legal Advice for Forced Migrants in Wales - https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/pdf-versions/2023/1/4/1674144316/forced-migrants-wales-research-adequacy-and-availability-legal-advice-contents.pdf
Research published in 2023 for the Welsh Government looking at access to legal advice for a wide range of migrants.
No Access to Justice: How legal advice deserts fail migrants, refugees and our communities
https://www.ragp.org.uk/reports
Report on access to immigration and asylum legal advice across the UK, including legal aid and non-legal aid advice.
Beyond Advice Deserts: Strategic Ignorance and the lack of access to asylum legal advice
Amicus Curiae (2022) 3(3) Series 2.
https://journals.sas.ac.uk/amicus/article/view/5439
A free-access article discussing the role of ‘strategic ignorance’ in the loss of access to legally aided advice.
Social Welfare and Asylum Legal Aid: A complex system view of provider survival pre- and post-pandemic
Article looking at the loss of civil (non-family legal aid providers in England and Wales.
A Huge Gulf: Demand and Supply for Immigration Legal Advice in London
https://justice-together.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/A-Huge-Gulf-FINAL-report.pdf
Report on access to immigration advice in London, written with Maureen Mguni and Travis Van Isacker, commissioned by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and published in 2021.
The Legal Aid Market: Challenges for Publicly Funded Immigration and Asylum Legal Representation
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-legal-aid-market
Droughts and Deserts: A report on the immigration and asylum legal aid market.
Published in June 2019: a short, policy-focused summary of my research on immigration and asylum legal aid in England and Wales.
