Post by jman on Nov 15, 2011 8:20:24 GMT 1
Ken Clarke and Jonathan Djanogly have constantly been saying that welfare benefits law is just general advice and therefore does not need to be funded by legal aid. They have never produced any evidence to support this supposition and it simply seems to be based on a prejudice-something along the lines of welfare benefits, that's for poor people isn't it, can't be that complicated then.
If you think that welfare benefits is simple and not law, just flick through a copy of the case law decisions from the Journal of Welfare benefits law-link below. People dealing with such cases may have learning difficulties, mental health problems or not speak English or be illiterate. Ken Clarke and Jonathan Djanogly and their teams at MOJ and those members who did not vote against the bill think that unimportant. In all these cases they can just represent themselves in the Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
There really needs to be more of an effort to draw to the attention of Lords and MPs just what welfare benefits law is, otherwise the ignorance and arrogance of ministers will hold sway. If anyone wants to add to this thread with links to decisions and case law on welfare benefits cases, so that people coming on site can see what they actually involve, please add further posts to this thread. Link below
www.ardendavies.com/downloads/JournalofWelfareBenefitsLaw64.pdf
If you think that welfare benefits is simple and not law, just flick through a copy of the case law decisions from the Journal of Welfare benefits law-link below. People dealing with such cases may have learning difficulties, mental health problems or not speak English or be illiterate. Ken Clarke and Jonathan Djanogly and their teams at MOJ and those members who did not vote against the bill think that unimportant. In all these cases they can just represent themselves in the Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
There really needs to be more of an effort to draw to the attention of Lords and MPs just what welfare benefits law is, otherwise the ignorance and arrogance of ministers will hold sway. If anyone wants to add to this thread with links to decisions and case law on welfare benefits cases, so that people coming on site can see what they actually involve, please add further posts to this thread. Link below
www.ardendavies.com/downloads/JournalofWelfareBenefitsLaw64.pdf