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Joint 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...

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Rights 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...

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15 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...

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Public Interest Litigation in Northern Ireland

Public Interest Litigation in Northern Ireland is the no-nonsense title of a new research report by Lawmanity.

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PILS’ Strategic Plan 2025-2028

Created by: The PILS Staff and Board, in consultation with Mandy Ayres and Monica Golding, October 2024

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