Joseph Summers

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed a fee increase for housing and immigration legal aid work. Although these first steps go in the right direction, do they really meet the scale of reform needed? PLP researcher @JoeESummers for @lawsocgazette: lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and…

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@sillyoldjen @publiclawprojct @SydneyLawSchool @FAccTConference @alexandrasinc10 It’s not - the GDPR contains a right not to be subject to solely ADM, but has exemptions and doesn’t apply where there’s been a ‘human in the loop.’ And the Data (Use and Access) Act, just passed, changes that so the prohibition only applies to ADM using special category data.

When governments start using algorithmic tools to make decisions about our lives, how can we keep track of the technology? Thank you to everyone who attended PLP & @SydneyLawSchool's panel on creating Algorithmic Transparency Registers this week in Athens! #FAccT2025

A Citizen's Practical Guide to Creating Algorithmic Transparency Registers, 23 June🤖 Next week, PLP & @SydneyLawSchool will be in Athens at the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability & Transparency @FAccTConference #FAccT2025 programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025/pro…

"The Data (Use and Access) Bill – is set to quietly water down the imperfect backstop regulation that has, until now, limited the decisions which can be fully automated." PLP's Joseph Summers on why we need a new public law for the automated state 🤖⚖️ civilserviceworld.com/news/article/f…

All speakers confirmed! We're excited to welcome a fantastic lineup of speakers to the Public Law and Technology Conference. Monday 9 June at Fieldfisher (& online with slightly limited programme). Secure your place now: lnkd.in/eYsW5ifJ

Breaking: We are delighted to share that our client @EllenClifford1 has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment. These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.

When it comes to immigration legal aid, are there new depths to the ocean of unmet need? Has the Legal Aid Agency's list of providers who can give immigration advice remotely actually created a mirage of capacity? In case you missed PLP's new report: publiclawproject.org.uk/resources/immi…

The historic fee increase for immigration legal aid could not have come at a more vital time. PLP's new analysis of potential provider capacity has revealed shocking new depths of unmet need in south-west England 👇 publiclawproject.org.uk/resources/immi…

If true, this would be a welcome investment. It would help some of the most marginalised people in our society & provide a much-needed boost to a key public service that has been neglected for too long. (As a reminder, civil legal aid fees haven't been increased since 1996!)

🔺NEW: The justice secretary is to announce a major increase in funding for lawyers to represent migrants in asylum courts ⬇️ #Echobox=1732572774" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

“Remote advice is not a safe harbour in an ocean of unmet need,” said Dr. Jo Hynes. Find out why we think the Ministry of Justice urgently needs to conduct more research & establish best practice guidelines ⬇️ With thanks to @NatalieByrom, @AsylumAid, @HelenBamber and A&M

Is remote advice the future of immigration legal aid, or could relying on phones do more harm than good? The Ministry of Justice urgently needs to conduct more research & establish best practice guidelines, argues a new report ✍️ publiclawproject.org.uk/resources/remo…

New report I worked on at @publiclawprojct reveals Universal Credit deductions cause significant harm and are applied in an opaque and arbitrary way. Obtaining information about deductions, accessing hardship measures & seeking legal remedies is often a bureaucratic nightmare.🧵

The DWP are imposing deductions that push people into destitution, evictions, and poor mental & physical health, according to PLP’s new report. Here’s why we’re calling for reforms that would stop dodgy debt collection and create a fairer system 🧵 publiclawproject.org.uk/resources/from…

My @guardian story: Black and minority ethnic universal credit claimants disproportionately likely to be hit with benefit sanctions, new official statistics published for the first time shows theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

"As we celebrate the renewal of the human rights promise, we must also pay close attention to how we will ensure its enforcement" - @JoeESummers The #HumanRightsAct may have survived, but the Gov't must make legal aid accessible to fulfil its purpose ✍️ lag.org.uk/article/215822…

What’s the real #CostofInjustice? 🚨 New research shows the Government has been wasting nearly £400k a year assessing immigration legal aid applications that fall under Exceptional Case Funding, even though almost 90% of those applications are approved publiclawproject.org.uk/resources/new-…

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