Students at the Law Clinic have been involved in a wide range of cases and activities including our evening advice sessions, casework discussion groups in … Read more
Author: Andrea Shieber
Law Clinic refugee family reunion success
Finally on 7 December, after 18 months of waiting, anxiety, hardship and fear, Clinic client SK and his mother were at Heathrow to welcome his … Read more
Rest stop for Little Amal at Kent Law Clinic
Little Amal paused for a rest at Kent Law Clinc today, during her visit to the Canterbury campus. Little Amal, a 3.5m tall puppet of … Read more
Overcoming the challenges of Covid and lockdowns
When the doors to the Law Clinic slammed shut in April 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Clinic team had to draw … Read more
Cummings v London United Busways [2021]
The Kent Law Clinic secured victory in an employment claim for constructive Unfair Dismissal and Disability Discrimination. The Employment Tribunal unanimously held that the Kent … Read more
Kent Law Clinic lends legal expertise to Whitstable foreshore public inquiry: a report from the front line
Kent Law Clinic has leant its legal expertise to Whitstable Beach Campaign (WBC) during a nine-day public inquiry into the fate of a controversial oyster … Read more
Expert Comment: Growing asylum queues – blaming criminal gangs is just a distraction
A new report from The Refugee Council has highlighted that although the numbers claiming asylum in the UK each year are lower than in previous … Read more
Kent Law Clinic academics respond to Home Office consultation on ‘New Plan for Immigration’
Kent Law Clinic Solicitor Sheona York and Immigration Caseworker Richard Warren, have responded to a Home Office open consultation on the ‘New Plan for Immigration’ … Read more
Expert comment: Important information about UK Immigration Rules is “hidden away” online
It was good to see The Guardian consumer affairs journalist Anna Tims addressing misleading information provided to immigration applicants, however, her reply does not get … Read more
Expert comment: Worn-out and failed ideas won’t mend Britain’s ‘broken’ asylum system
It would be magnificent of course if the UK were to accept a proportionate number of UNHCR refugees for resettlement in the UK, rather than … Read more