BLOG: Is the PILS Legal Support Manager role a good fit for me?
You’ve read the job description. Now, let’s explore what the Legal Support Manager job really looks like — and whether...
Read morePutting the ‘public’ into Public Local Inquiry
Notes from the first three days of the Inquiry in January 2025 now available to view.
Read moreJoint press release: High Court to hear legal challenge against Stormont for failing to adopt anti-poverty strategy
Hearing in High Court on 31 January 2025 in case taken by rights-group the Committee on the Administration of Justice...
Read moreRights groups challenge NI Executive to fulfil anti-poverty pledge
Stormont spends almost £1 billion pounds a year dealing with child poverty, according to Trussell NI. Imagine what life would...
Read more15 years of ‘thinning the veil’ between law and activism
“The work of PILS is, so it seems, to be not merely theoretical or confined to legal debates. It has...
Read morePublic Interest Litigation in Northern Ireland
Public Interest Litigation in Northern Ireland is the no-nonsense title of a new research report by Lawmanity.
Read morePILS’ Strategic Plan 2025-2028
Created by: The PILS Staff and Board, in consultation with Mandy Ayres and Monica Golding, October 2024
Read moreBLOG: Whitehead, the oil terminal and what happens next
There aren’t many things that taste better to a public interest litigator than a Café Carberry* coffee after a positive...
Read moreLocal campaigners stop oil terminal plan in its tracks as Council forced to admit mistake
Environmental campaigners in Whitehead, Co Antrim are celebrating a major climbdown by their local council after it admitted not following...
Read moreSupporting the Stop Whitehead Oil Terminal campaign
In April, Mid & East Antrim Borough Council’s decision to grant planning permission for the Cloghan Point oil terminal expansion...
Read moreClimate ‘Code Red’: How Our Courts Can Save the World.
Five things we’ve learned from PILS’ first Climate Justice CPD series.
Read moreWhy is No Gas Caverns such an important public interest case?
Faced with the prospect of having skyscraper-sized gas silos hollowed out under Larne Lough, the Islandmagee community took their challenge...
Read moreNI’s Illegal Migration Act cases: the part we played in the disapplication decision
Northern Ireland’s legal challenges to the Illegal Migration Act have grabbed headlines. Read on to discover why PILS was proud...
Read moreLegal challenge: Air quality campaigners hope new Minister will be a breath of fresh air.
The landmark #CleanAirNI legal challenge returns to court today (01 March 2024), as Northern Ireland’s latest Infrastructure Minister is settling...
Read moreTribunal decision lifts shroud of secrecy on Council decision-making
The PILS Project’s reaction to Tribunal ruling on bilingual signage legal advice
Read more2023 was the hottest year on record. And – if you’re a lawyer – you can do something about that.
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to equip lawyers with an enhanced ability to take effective climate...
Read moreInvitation to tender – Researching the public interest litigation landscape in Northern Ireland
Closing date for submissions: 5.00pm (UK time) on Sunday 28 January 2024
Read moreBLOG: The importance of defending our human rights infrastructure
To mark UK Pro Bono Week 2023, The PILS Project’s team are sharing our reflections on 3 key topics: climate...
Read moreBLOG: Challenging Hostility with Hope
To mark UK Pro Bono Week 2023, The PILS Project’s team are sharing our reflections on 3 key topics: climate...
Read moreBLOG: Breaking down legal barriers to advance climate justice
To mark UK Pro Bono Week 2023, The PILS Project’s team are sharing our reflections on 3 key topics: climate...
Read moreLiterally life-changing: a PILS tribute to Chuck Feeney
The term ‘life-changing’ is one of those descriptors that can get worn out from overuse. But The PILS Project can...
Read moreLandmark legal challenge to stop 17-year long air quality failure gets underway
Lawyers, environmental justice groups and NI’s children’s rights watchdog are in court today, attempting to stop a dangerous 17-year long...
Read more“Our fight goes on”: judicial review joint statement
Following the 31 August judicial review decision, Friends of the Earth NI and No Gas Caverns have issued a joint...
Read morePILS Blog: how the Illegal Migration Bill harms us all
PILS Director Maria McCloskey on the pre-recess legislative push at Westminster & how the cruel Illegal (Migration) Bill harms us...
Read moreUnited against the ‘Illegal Bill’ in Refugee Week 2023
On 23 June 2023, Ulster University’s Transitional Justice Institute hosted a hybrid event to mark the 25th anniversary of #RefugeeWeek.
Read moreCourt grants NI’s children and young people right to be heard in landmark air quality case
The High Court in Belfast has confirmed that the voices of children and young people will be heard as part...
Read moreLocal community, backed by PILS, challenges environmentally destructive development
No Gas Caverns and Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland start their battle against a hugely damaging fossil fuel development...
Read more‘Please don’t forget us’: Oh, Sister! screened in Belfast
As Northern Ireland marked 25 years since the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, PILS & The Nobel Women’s Initiative...
Read more“Immoral, unworkable and – as identified in its title – illegal”
The Human Rights Consortium and The PILS Project published a joint briefing on the Illegal Migration Bill condemning it as...
Read moreThe PILS Project’s reaction to the Illegal Migration Bill
‘Stop the Boats’? It is time to ‘Stop Suella’s Bill’.
Read moreGreen light for legal challenge over NI’s MOT emissions testing scandal
Friends of the Earth has teamed up with The PILS Project and have been granted permission from the High Court...
Read moreREPLAY: Intersections between Human Rights and Climate Justice
Organised by The PILS Project to celebrate UK Pro Bono Week 2022, this webinar looked at the developing area of...
Read moreCost of living payment refusal to be challenged by Law Centre NI
PILS are very pleased to support Law Centre NI with the finance they need to lodge Lisa’s case in the High Court.
Read moreThe #NGOLegalGuides Belfast launch
There were stacks of shiny new guides, buzzing conversations (and plenty of scones and jam).
Read morePILS Blog: What’s in a name?
Emma Cassidy, PILS Senior Engagement Coordinator “If the Ministry of Justice had written a briefing that the deputy PM was...
Read moreLaw Society of NI’s human rights group reacts to ‘Rights Removal Bill’
The Law Society of Northern Ireland’s Human Rights and Equality Group have issued a firm condemnation of the legislation that...
Read moreA tribute to Lorraine Cox
The PILS Project were desperately saddened to learn of the untimely death of Lorraine Cox-Connolly on 15 July 2022.
Read morePILS x Activist Lawyer
Episode 25 in the Activist Lawyer podcast series – featuring The PILS Project – is out now!
Read moreA practical how-to guide to doing pro bono in 2021
To mark the UK-wide festival of pro bono’s milestone 20th year, the PILS team were joined online by a panel of talented...
Read moreFive Lessons from Pro Bono Week 2020 in Northern Ireland
Having conversations with colleagues now has to be digitised and formalised in a Zoom schedule. The impromptu chat about a...
Read moreThe Truth about Pro Bono – event summary
Seeking to build on the momentum generated in our UK Pro Bono Week webinar, PILS organised The Truth about Pro...
Read moreUK Pro Bono Week 2020 Round-Up
In what has been an intense and bizarre year for many communities, the sense of positivity created by UK Pro...
Read moreProud to support our members’ work on LGBTI equality
This week, the plan was for Belfast to be a rainbow hotspot of events culminating in the 30th Pride march...
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