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Volunteers

Volunteers in 2024-25

  • Pete Smith for his ongoing contribution to our insight and change programme, including collating and summarising our legacy research, research for our health justice partnership, and reviewing publications.
  • Pam Kenworthy OBE for providing feedback on 'Unfair treatment at work - what to do'.
  • Kiara McClelland, Lucy Matthews, Ayo Salami and Libertad Seoane for providing feedback on 'How to enforce your county court judgment'.
  • Kiara McClelland for her commitment to a 9 week internship at Law for Life, where she showed interest and passion for our work and commitment to the Access to Justice sector. 
  • Natalia Schiffrin (Magistrate) and Espeth Thomson of David Gray solicitors for their feedback, expertise and advice on 'A guide to child protection for Roma parents'. 
  • David Thomas for advising on and peer reviewing 'How to deal with a section 21 eviction notice', 'How to fix problems with your privately rented home', 'What to do if you are threatened with homelessness', What to do if you are homeless', 'How to challenge the decision about your homelessness application', 'What you need to know about emergency and temporary accommodation', and 'How to start a tenancy without being treated unfairly - a film'. 
  • Matt Bass, Caroline Bowden, Robert Creighton, and Helen Anthony for their feedback, expertise and peer reviewing of 'A survival guide to family mediation'. 
  • Sophie Perry of THP Solicitors for advising on and peer reviewing 'Getting help to get an injunction'. 
  • Jessica Mant of Monash University and Elizabeth Fisher-Frank of Essex Univerisity for advising on and peer reviewing of 'Going to court when the other side has a lawyer and you don't'.
  • Natalia Schiffrin, Magistrate, for advising on and peer reviewing of 'Court and tribunal hearings by video or phone call'. 
  • Rebecca Thomas for peer reviewing and assisting with a number of our employment law resources. 
  • Christopher Lake for assisting with our guides to taking a case to an employment tribunal. 
  • Ariane Cossu-Tadayyon for peer reviewing Things you need to know about court procedure before you sue.
  • Charlotte Green for her ongoing support with research regarding housing and homelessness law.
  • Dr Joanna Kostka for her ongoing support with the delivery of child protection courses for Roma champions.
  • Lucy Gray for her ongoing support with the delivery of our housing and homelessness law courses. 
  • Pratichi Chatterjee for her ongoing support with our housing and homelessness courses delivery. 

For their support with our research project looking into experiences of Roma families with children's services in England we would like to thank: 

  • Alexandra Bahor, Martina Stipakova (Clifton Learning Partnership) and Terezia Rostas (Care for Young People’s Future) for helping us organise, and co-facilitate discussion groups with the Roma parents. 
  • Dr Rosa Kostic-Cisneros, Terezia Rostas, Olga Fuseini, Dr Marius Taba, Dr Laura Janes, and Dr Laura Bracey, for helping us identify recommendations in our report. 
  • Natalia Schiffrin for helping us with the editing of this report. Lucy Gray (A&O Shearman) for her pro-bono assistance with legal research. Sarah Looney (Public Interest Law Centre) for clarifying the complex immigration rules around Brexit. 


     

Volunteers in 2023-24

  • Natalia Schiffrin, Gabriela Smolinska-Poffley of the Roma Support Group, Joanna Kostka of Lancaster University, Yvonne Blake, and Savita Narain of Family Rights Group for their expertise and feedback on 'A guide for Roma parents on what to expect when working with social workers'.
  • Marc Willers KC of Garden Court Chambers and Elspeth Thomson of David Gray Solicitors for peer reviewing 'A guide for Roma parents on what to expect when working with social workers'. 
  • Victoria Rylatt of Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP for peer reviewing 'A guide to home ownership and living together' and 'Thinking about living together? A beginner's guide'.
  • Phoebe Agyarko for her commitment to a 12 week internship at Law for Life, where she showed passion, dedication and an incredible work ethic. 
  • Rhiannon Hughes of South West London Law Centres, for her time and expertise on our 'Bidding for local authority housing' PLE training module. 
  • David Thomas for peer reviewing 'What you need to know about emergency and temporary accommodation'. 
  • Jeremy Gass, Nicky Lappin, Elizabeth O'Hara, and David Mead, UEA Law School, University of East Anglia for their feedback on 'New protest laws - a beginner's guide'.
  • Owen Greenhall, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers for peer reviewing 'Is protest still legal?'
  • Tom Wainwright, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers, for peer reviewing 'New protest laws - a beginner's guide'.
  • Jessica Mant of Monash University for peer reviewing 'A survival guide to divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership'. 
  • Karen Dovaston for her indepth expert feedback and peer review of 'How to get a divorce or end a civil partnership'. 
  • Jenny Carter of David Gray Solicitors for peer reviewing 'How to get legal aid for a family law case'. 
  • Roni Russell Jones for her feedback on 'Pensions on divorce - a beginner's guide'.  

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