Town Hall stands by consultation process as children’s centre campaigners ramp up legal threat
Parents fighting to save two centres from closure send council a letter before claim
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Hackney Community Law Centre pays tribute to ‘shining star’ Nathaniel Mathews following his death at the age of 54
The award-winning solicitor passed away after a short illness, but his ‘legacy lives on’
‘Life in the old dog yet’: Hackney Law Centre thanks donors as it celebrates 40th anniversary
Housing solicitor Nathaniel Mathews explains the difficulties of law under lockdown as the Centre bounces back from funding struggle
Council criticised for continuing to argue in court over tenant’s eviction amid lockdown
Community law centre brands Town Hall statements welcoming a ruling that disagreed with its own legal arguments ‘counterintuitive’, as London Renters Union calls for an apology
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Client Earth, James Thornton and Martin Goodman, book review – ‘a fight to protect our natural habitat’
The London Fields-based environmental law firm ClientEarth scored another victory last month in their battle for clean air. A new book outlines their philosophies
Supreme Court grants appeal in Sam Hallam’s fight for compensation
Court will review whether earlier ruling breaches ECHR on presumption of innocence
Strictly orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill ‘raise £1 million’ to fight child custody battles
Critics raise fear of new barriers for women wishing to leave Haredi community
Tunde Okewale MBE: from part-time jobs, and a 2:2, to the honours list
The barrister, who got his break at Dalston Sainsbury’s, speaks on the “confidence barrier” blocking working-class professionals
Wireless Festival to go ahead as Friends of Finsbury Park loses High Court bid
‘Should such a council be the guardian of such an important and necessary public open space?’
Government spends over £100,000 fighting air pollution case against Hackney lawyers
Department of Environment and Rural Affairs spent at least £105,000 of taxpayers’ money in court challenges over illegal air pollution
Petition launched after receptionist from Hackney ‘sent home for not wearing heels’
Actor was sent home from a corporate receptionist job without pay after refusing to wear high heels
Future PSPOs: we will not rule them out, says Hackney Council
Report recommends that Hackney Council monitor the ‘success’ of Public Space Protection Orders that are currently in place in ten other London boroughs
Legal Geeks code through the night for Hackney Community Law Centre
Hackathon event saw teams of tech whizzes invent software to ‘improve access to advice for the most vulnerable’
Right to Buy ‘attack on social housing’ is close to becoming law
Warning that sale of council homes under Right to Buy will ‘destroy’ communities
Keeping up with Owen Jones – new patron of Hackney law centre
The activist journalist knows the key issues inside out – but what will he bring to his new role?