FLAC News 25 (3) Jul-Sep 2015
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FLAC News 25 (3) Jul-Sep 2015
Contents:
- Victory at last for Lydia Foy:Trans people win right to legal recognition
- Lydia Foy receives birth certificate after 22 year legal battle
- New guides to social welfare overpayment launched
- Social welfare case update: Arrears of benefits paid to asylum seeking parents following appeal
- FLAC’s Annual Report 2014 shows continued rise in housing enquiries
- Legislate in haste, repent at leisure? Growing numbers hit by restrictive civil legal aid scheme during crisis
- PILA update:
- ‘Changing Ireland, Changing Law’ Series
- PILA Seminar: The Duty of the State in Constitutional Cases
- Meeting of European Pro Bono Clearinghouses
- ‘Labour of Love’ campaign on domestic workers
- UN examination of Ireland on economic, social and cultural rights: additional resources
- Focus on FLAC:
- Athlone and Mullingar FLACs
- Ciarán Finlay, Legal & Policy Officer
- Jury out on personal insolvency law
- Ireland’s Universal Periodic Review 2016: A peer review of how Ireland is meeting its human rights obligations
- Save the Date – Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture 2015
- Secure the future of equal access to justice – Join the Friends of FLAC
- New guide to law on top-up loans from licensed moneylenders