...He will be much missed but his legacy, including the game-changing Homes (Fitness for Habitation) Act, will live on. We send our deepest condolences to his friends, colleagues and family.

Like the rest of the social justice community, Team LALY is mourning the loss of @nearlylegal.co.uk Giles Peaker. Giles was winner of our Housing award in 2018, and remained a constant and kind friend of the awards....

Universities can now subscribe to Free Movement for their students - Free Movement Free Movement now offers an institutional subscription for UK universities, giving law students and academic staff access to our full archive of articles and

New from FM: Universities can now subscribe to Free Movement for their students | Colin Yeo

#LALY26 nominations are now CLOSED ⛔✋
Thanks everyone who sent entries - with the last one screeching in under the wire at 11.57 last night😉
Shortlist published mid May. Winners announced 3 July - so book your tickets now for the best night in the legal aid calendar 🥳🌟 lapg.co.uk/laly-tickets
🥂🎉

Dialogue Books acquires Symeon Brown's 'landmark portrait of modern Britain'

Dialogue Books has acquired The Good, the Black and the Boujee, a "landmark portrait of modern Britain" by Channel 4 News correspondent Symeon Brown 👇 #BookSky

We are looking for a Paralegal to join our Dispute Resolution team based in London.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a broad range of civil litigation matters, including contentious probate, professional negligence, civil fraud, group actions and property disputes.

Today (21 April) is the final day for submitting #LALY26 entries! You have until midnight to submit nominations. Any problems or last-minute questions, just let us know - office@lapg.co.uk Team LALY is here to help.
Thank you to everyone who has already sent them in or will be in the coming hours.

Heart-breaking. A brilliant lawyer and lovely human being. Condolences to his colleagues and family.

...Team LALY is here to help and we appreciate everyone who has taken the time to nominate a colleague or write in support. *YOU* are what makes the LALY awards so very special❤️

...We will confirm receipt and nominations submitted in this way before the deadline will be accepted. Any other questions/concerns/last-minute panics, just drop us a line....

...We've had reports of some technical issues with the online portal (which our IT bods are investigating🔨🔧). As you have more than enough stress in your life, if you are experiencing problems, just email nominations to @wearelapg.bsky.social office instead:

office@lapg.co.uk

The final countdown....⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️
The deadline for #LALY26 entries is midnight tomorrow (Tues 21 April). Soooooo exciting!! Thank you to everyone who has already submitted nominations or will be doing so.....

A very informative, well-informed thread. Long but worth reading in full.

“I would say keep fighting: you have survived one time, you are going to survive each day, and one day the fairness in your life will come.”

Home Secretary accepts she can grant further leave on the five-year route without the no recourse to public funds condition - Free Movement The Home Secretary has accepted she can grant leave on the five-year route without imposing a no recourse to public funds condition. The concession was made

New from FM: Home Secretary accepts she can grant further leave on the five-year route without the no recourse to public funds condition | Nakita Hedges

Happy Friday fellow legal aiders🥳! This is the last weekend before the #LALY26 deadline. Thanks to everyone who has already sent in entries; and to those who will be busy finalising them ready to submit before midnight on Tues 21 April.
lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet

ONE. MORE. HEAVE 🫸🫸🫸🫸....Thanks to our newest generous and lovely Friends of #LALY26, Merry and Oliver Carter, we are at *97%* of our crowdfunding target....who will get us over the edge???🙏
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/friends-of...

Granting refugees permission to stay in the UK for just 30 months has a profound impact on their mental health and recovery from trauma.

Learn more here: www.helenbamber.org/resources/re...

⏰There's still time to make a #LALY26 nomination! 9 categories covering all areas of legal aid, recognising barristers & solicitors, case workers, trainees, paralegals, legal execs & support staff. 🌟Deadline 21 April🌟 So get your skates on lovely legal aiders⛸️⛸️...
lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...

Thank you ❤️to everyone who has already sent in a #LALY26 nomination. Do keep 'em coming.....deadline midnight Tues 21 April....

Blue badge holders: how are you treated by other members of the public when out? Have you experienced reactions from other people when using your blue badge? We’d like to hear from you

Have you ever been criticised in public for using a Blue Badge? I’m looking to gather disabled people’s experiences for The Guardian to explore hostility around the Blue Badge and Motability schemes.

We’ve made a quick form you can fill in here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... (Please share.)

A rectangle colour linocut. The dominant colour is yellow, which is used for the platform & walls & ceiling of an underground train station, lit as they are by electric light. Shadows in the form of triangles of green reappear across the picture. The platform curves from far left to a dark tunnel two thirds of the way towards the picture’s right hand edge. At the platform is a curving red train. At its head is a worker on the platform signalling to it. The train is full of silhouettes of passengers. The platform is empty of them.

The Tube Station, linocut, by Cyril Power, c.1932.

So lovely to have support from Russell and Angela - 2 former LALY winners, long-term friends of the awards, and all round fab lawyers and humans 😍

We've added a new vacancy listing from @weareadvocate.bsky.social

Casework Manager
Full time
£40,000 - £44,000
Location: London / Hybrid working
Deadline: 20 April, 2026

More: rightsnet.org.uk/jobs

See guidance: lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Nomination form: lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...
Contact @wearelapg.bsky.social if you have questions lapg.co.uk/contact/

Supporting testimonials are helpful (but not essential), say, from clients or colleagues - people who can speak to the impact they have had and why they deserve the kind of recognition that only the LALYs can give....

To make a nomination, all you need to do is tell us, in your own words, about your nominee's work and what makes them special....⌨️

With more than a week to go until 21 April, there is still plenty of time to put together an entry - and our online nomination process is designed to be as straightforward as possible....😇