Articles, Key Cases and Responses

You can read our responses to consultations, PAS key cases and PAS articles below:

PAS Responses to Consultations

• PAS Responds to Call to Safeguard the Future of Human Rights (03 November 2025)
• PAS Gives Evidence to Access to Justice Inquiry (24 October 2025)
• Response to Justice Committee’s inquiry on prisons: Planning & Policy (29 Sep 2014)
• NAO Consultation – Changes to Legal Aid (21 July 2014)
• Response to LSC and MOJ (05 September 2011)
• Response to Adult Social Care Consultation (30 June 2010)
• Response to Parole Board Consultation (19 November 2009)
• Ministry of Defence Consultation (16 July 2009)
• Submissions On LSC Prison Law Funding (5 May 2009)

Law Society Responses

• Response to Prison Law Funding (25 August 2011)

Criminal Justice Alliance Responses

• Briefing Regarding Legal Aid
• Response to Home Office
• Submission to Justice Committees

PAS Key Cases

• Grayling’s ‘Absconder Policy’ declared unlawful
  • Press release: Grayling’s ‘Absconder Policy’ declared unlawful

• Childcare Resettlement Leave (14 February 2012)
  • Case significance – Childcare Resettlement Leave
  • Press release – Childcare Resettlement Leave
  • Judgement – Childcare Resettlement Leave

• Home Detention Curfew (30 June 2010)
  • Case significance – Home Detention Curfew
  • Press release – Home Detention Curfew
  • Judgement – Home Detention Curfew

• Unlawful recall (18 July 2007)
  • Case significance – Unlawful recall
  • Judgement – Unlawful recall

• Right to see category A reports (1 September 2003)
  • Case significance – Right to see category A reports
  • Press release – Right to see category A reports
  • Judgement – Right to see category A reports

• Mother and baby units (20 July 2001)
  • Case significance – Mother and baby units
  • Judgement – Mother and baby units

PAS Articles

• Disability Locked up Enable Magazine March 2019
• Jude Bunting article (02 August 2012)
• Protection of Article 10 rights (January 2012)
• Prisoners and the Right to Family Life (26 November 2011)
• Maintaining Innocence (25 October 2011)
• Whole Life Sentences (17 September 2011)
• Prisoner Protection (6 August 2011)
• PAS turns 20 – Solicitors’ Journal (April 2011)
• Prisoner Voting Rights: Is Change Inevitable (18 February 2011)
• Coalition and Criminal Justice – Solicitors’ Journal (26 October 2010)
• New Statesman Crime Report (7 June 2010)