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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

The real scandals revealed by the National Audit office report on immigration enforcement

By Andrea Shieber | 19 June 2020

Today’s media are full of shock-horror comments about the National Audit Office official report on immigration enforcement (HC 110 Session 2019-2021, 17 June 2020). Particularly … Read more

Watch Kent Law Clinic’s ‘Summer of Law’ webinar on law in action

By Andrea Shieber | 16 June 2020

Members of the Kent Law Clinic team delivered a free and fascinating insight into the merits of getting involved with real casework when they delivered … Read more

Director Graham Tegg answers questions from callers in BBC Radio Kent phone-in

By Andrea Shieber | 16 June 2020

Kent Law Clinic Director Graham Tegg took part in a live phone-in for BBC Radio Kent this week, answering questions from callers. He fielded a … Read more

Dialling up the pressure – prepping for a family law hearing by phone…

By Andrea Shieber | 12 May 2020

Adjusting to the ‘new normal’ – preparing for a telephone hearing in a family law matter instead of attending in person at the court. Surely, … Read more

Kent Law Clinic: Life during lockdown 

By Andrea Shieber | 07 April 2020

Law, much like time, waits for no one. In these extraordinary times the wheels on the juggernaut that is law, if a little fitfully, roll on. As life does for the vast … Read more

We are Daniel Blake: Benefits systems must adapt now to COVID-19

By Andrea Shieber | 27 March 2020

The UK’s benefit system is not known either for efficiency or agility in responding to urgent need. On the contrary, the vast social security apparatus conjures up … Read more

Home Office must abandon hostile environment for migrants

By Andrea Shieber | 18 March 2020

In the face of coronavirus, the Home Office must abandon the ‘hostile environment’ for migrants: At 6pm this evening (Tuesday 17 March 2020), people are … Read more

Victims of domestic abuse receiving practical support in court from Law Clinic students

By Andrea Shieber | 24 February 2020

Victims of domestic abuse are receiving practical support at Medway County Court from a specially trained group of Kent Law Clinic students. The group of … Read more

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