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Expert Comment: The impact of the energy crisis on migrants

By Helen Kirk | 02 September 2022

Sheona York, a specialist in immigration and asylum cases at the Kent Law Clinic, comments on how little attention is being paid to how the … Read more

Securing inheritance for a bereaved young person

By Helen Kirk | 12 July 2022

The Clinic helped a young person, in a successful claim seeking financial provision from his deceased father’s estate The young person’s father sadly died after … Read more

Preventing the eviction of a vulnerable client

By Helen Kirk | 12 June 2022

Assisted by two students on the Clinical Option module, Clinic solicitor, Vivien Gambling, successfully defended a vulnerable client, when she faced possession proceedings brought by … Read more

Contested matrimonial case helps students understand reforms to divorce law

By Helen Kirk | 12 May 2022

Clinic’s Family solicitor Philippa Bruce draws on the work done to engage students in discussion on divorce law reform. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act … Read more

Law Clinic refugee family reunion success

By Andrea Shieber | 10 December 2021

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

Expert Comment: Growing asylum queues – blaming criminal gangs is just a distraction

By Andrea Shieber | 02 July 2021

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’

By Andrea Shieber | 05 May 2021

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

New Family Law Discussion Group for students

By Andrea Shieber | 30 October 2020

The group, led by Family Law Solicitor Philippa Bruce, held its first meeting earlier this month, attracting undergraduate and postgraduate students from across all stages … Read more

The long road to success

By Andrea Shieber | 02 September 2020

Since lockdown, many of our clients’ court and tribunal hearings have either been adjourned or taken place on the telephone. This is due to COVID-19 … Read more

Can online justice ever work?

By Andrea Shieber | 04 August 2020

One of the many dilemmas the court service has had to grapple with due to COVID-19 is the impossibility of holding the usual volume of … Read more

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