Date: Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Time: 2.00pm - 5.30pm (followed by drinks)
Venue: Bates Wells & Braithwaite, 2-6 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6YH
Cost: Free
Has your organisation been adversely affected by the decisions of a public authority - be they commissioners of public services, Government policy makers, education bodies or local authorities issuing grants or permits? If so, your organisation may have a public law remedy.
BWB and NCVO are holding a seminar to equip you with the public law tools to challenge decisions of public authorities and to use public law as a campaign tool.
This course is aimed at non-lawyers from charities and voluntary organisations jointly run with NCVO.
Topics covered will include:
• The basics of public law/human rights law
• Challenging funding cuts
• The procurement process
• Using the Freedom of Information Act
• Using public law for campaigning purposes
• Judicial review/Tribunals/statutory appeals
• The interface with charities law/Charity
• The Public (Social Value) Act 2012
• Community Right to Challenge under the Localism Act
Joint Chairs: Melanie Carter (BWB) and James Allen (NCVO)
Speakers: Melanie Carter, Rosamund McCarthy, Selman Ansari and Matthew Orme (BWB), Daniel Fluskey (NCVO) and Gita Parihar (Friends of the Earth).
To book your place, please click here or if you require further information please email [email protected], quoting reference ‘Public Law Toolkit’.