Legal Aid Reinstated Today!
After PAS’ and The Howard League for Penal Reform‘s ground-breaking victory in the courts last year, Legal Aid has today (Wednesday 21 February) been reinstated for three key areas of …
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Great Legal Bake 19th – 23rd February 2018
PAS is looking forward to taking part – once again – in the Great Legal Bake – February 2018. We’ve been gathering orders from our corporate and individual friends and will …
PAS Patron, The Lord Ramsbotham, appeals for consistency at MoJ
PAS Patron, The Lord Ramsbotham, appeals to the Prime Minister to make resolving the crisis that prisons and probation services are now in a priority in February edition of Inside …
Legal Aid Reinstated after Milestone PAS Victory
Writing for Inside Time, our Joint Managing Solicitor, Deborah Russo, and Legal Director of The Howard League for Penal Reform, Laura Janes, explain how our landmark legal victory will affect …
PAS Successes in Inside Time
The recent advent – and success – of PAS’ Self-Help Toolkits and our first dedicated Family Law Outreach Clinic at HMP Bronzefield received notice in the December 2017 of Inside …
Legal Aid to Return February 2018!
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed that an amending statutory instrument (SI) has been laid before parliament, extending criminal legal aid to the three areas where the court had …
Full video of PAS 2017 Annual Lecture now available!
If you missed PAS’ Annual Lecture or you want to re-watch Professor Conor Gearty’s speech, “Prisons- A Life Without (Human) Rights?”, you can do so here and on PAS’ YouTube …
MEDIA RELEASE: Green light for Court of Appeal Ruling on Prisoners’ Access to Justice
Almost seven months after the Court of Appeal ruled government cuts to legal aid for prisoners are unlawful because they are inherently unfair, the Ministry of Justice has written to …
You are invited to the 2017 PAS Pub Quiz
When: Thursday 23rd November 2017, 6pm for 6:30pm start
Where: Rugby Tavern, Great James Street, WC1N 3ES
What: PAS will be participating in the Great Legal Quiz competition again this year. Organised by …
Professor Conor Gearty to Give PAS Annual Lecture 7 November 2017
PAS is delighted to announce that our Annual Lecture, 2017, will be given by Professor Conor Gearty on 7th November at Mayer Brown‘s offices in London.
Professor Gearty is a leading academic authority …
PAS Trustee Writes of “prison chaos” in The Guardian.
Eric Allison – who is a PAS Trustee – is also The Guardian’s prison correspondent. In today’s edition of the paper (09/08/2017), he writes of a prison system that has never …
Prisoners Facing the Same Injustice
Deborah Russo, Joint Managing Solicitor here at PAS, was asked to speak, yesterday (18 July 2017), at the launch of the new edition of Proof Magazine. Co-produced by Justice Gap …