The GMLC grew out of a protest against cuts to services offering free legal advice and representation. In recent years the right to legal aid has been subject to permanent assault by successive governments. As a result people have been left without advice and support when they need it most, putting them at the risk of poverty, homelessness and unemployment. On this page you can find out all the latest news from the struggle to restore legal aid.
GMLC campaign volunteer lead Avaia Nightingale Williams summarises the findings of the Bar Council’s 2024 report on public funding of the justice system, ‘Justice Short-Changed‘. The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders…
The Election Charter below is Greater Manchester Law Centre’s perspective on what policy-makers could do in the next government to improve the lives of low-income residents of Greater Manchester. Greater…
After attending the launch of a new report by Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) and Boaz Trust, GMLC campaign volunteer Deborah Okyere summarises its findings and the insights the…
As International Women’s Day is coming up on 8 March, GMLC campaign volunteer Mary Horobin looks at the Women’s Budget Group’s 2023 report on gender gaps in access to justice,…
On 21 February 2024, GMLC held a film screening to show the film by Alex Boyd and Nuala Fowler that captured people’s experiences of our ‘Ten Years (In)Justice’ exhibition. The…
In this article, GMLC employment campaign volunteer lead Avaia Nightingale Williams discusses the recent proposal to reintroduce fees in the Employment Tribunal and analyses how this will clash with a previous ruling…
This month, we officially publicly launch our exhibition on access to justice: ‘Ten Years (In)Justice: an exhibition of art and stories from the front lines of the failing civil justice…
GMLC campaign volunteer Eleni Founta summarises JUSTICE’s new report into threats and challenges to the rule of law and access to justice, published in September 2023. JUSTICE is a cross…
Are you an artist? Do you want to contribute to a community exhibition on access to justice? Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) is a not-for-profit provider of legal advice to…
GMLC campaign volunteer Mary Horobin gives her opinion on the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), which she is currently studying towards, and considers its effects on access to justice and…