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Sue James is CEO of LAG. She was previously director and housing solicitor at Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre and a founding trustee at Ealing Law Centre. She won the outstanding achievement award at the 2017 LALYs.
A journalist had messaged me a few months before, as he was researching a piece on access to justice and wanted to chat to a housing lawyer.
I’ve seen legal aid move from being for the many, to now just for the few. The review was a missed opportunity to make real change.
Sue James speaks to housing law titan, Andrew Arden QC, about his early life, his complicated relationship with the law and the public service ethos...
Sue James recounts her Canadian trip earlier this year, where she visited various organisations whose aim is to solve people’s legal problems...
With apologies for lengthy (but enjoyable) quotes from the judgments, Rhona Friedman, Sue James and Simon Mullings analyse three recent judicial...
Polly Brendon specialises in public law and judicial review challenges. A solicitor for the Public Law Project, most recently she acted for the Law...
Sue James speaks to celebrated barrister S Chelvan about what led him to human rights and asylum law and the sense of public duty that fuels his...
‘Travel to learn,’ said Winston Churchill, ‘return to inspire.’ It’s one of his lesser-known quotes, but applicable to...
Sue James talks to Mary-Rachel McCabe and Heather Thomas about their decision to follow a career in legal aid.
On 10 April, Ealing Council took the brave step of introducing the first UK safe zone outside an abortion clinic.