One of the priority aims of the Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Wales is to increase access to justice in Wales, and the legal community plays a key part in that.
In our recent event with the Commission in Wales, Legal News Wales hosted an event to show law firms how they can utilise crowdfunding to help make change happen and increase access to justice in Wales. This event took place on the 26 February 2021 as part of our St David’s Day programme to celebrate the legal sector in Wales.
We’ve provided a recording of the event, below, for you and your colleagues, along with further information to contact the Commission in Wales to see how it can support you and your clients.
The EHRC has seen great success over the last year with events to increase awareness of Equality and Human Rights in the legal community in Wales.
The next step is to launch a Strategic Litigation Guide for Wales, which is a step by step guide for organisations who are thinking about using the legal system to bring about significant change in law, policy or practice related to equality and human rights.
The aim is to make change happen in Wales and this event will explain one way to help.
What we covered
- An overview of the strategic litigation guide, with a focus on how it might be used by organisations and legal professionals in Wales.
- Examples from England of how organisations or networks have used strategic litigation.
- An example of a Welsh strategic legal case (Driver v RCT Council), how it worked in practice and what happened.
- A discussion to allow attendees to share ideas or highlight strategic cases that they’ve worked on.
Speakers
- Angharad Price, Principal Legal at the Equality & Human Rights Commission Wales (profile below)
- Michael Imperato (Head of Public & Administrative Law at Watkins & Gunn), who acted for the Claimant in Driver v RCT Council (profile below).
Watch now
(This event was recorded on the 26 February 2021)
Working with the EHRC Wales
If you consider that your case or issue falls within the strategic aims of the EHRC, please contact the legal team by phone or email with basic details and the Commission will give you an indication of whether it can assist. Get in touch by email: legalrequest@equalityhumanrights.com or by phone: 029 2044 7790.
The EHRC was established in 2007 and hosts information on the Act, guidance and codes of practice on its website, here.
Speaker profiles
Angharad Price, Principal Lawyer, Equality & Human Rights Commission Wales
The EHRC encourages practitioners to get in touch with the Commission if you come across a case that you think it might be able to get involved with, or an issue that it might be able to help resolve using our range of powers.
If you consider that your case or issue falls within the strategic aims of the EHRC, please contact the legal team by phone or email with basic details and the Commission will give you an indication of whether it can assist. Get in touch by email: legalrequest@equalityhumanrights.com or by phone: 029 2044 7790.
The EHRC was established in 2007 and hosts information on the Act, guidance and codes of practice on its website, here.
Michael Imperato, Head of Public & Administrative Law, Watkins & Gunn
Michael is a Partner and Solicitor at Watkins & Gunn and the Head of Public & Administrative law at the firm. Michael has been involved in some of the highest profile cases in Wales in recent years that cover Judicial Review, Education law and Personal Injury matters. He is regularly asked to speak at national Personal Injury and Public Law conferences and events and has a back catalogue of high profile articles and media commentaries on his cases (see below).
Michael has been ranked as a leading Administrative Law Lawyer in both the Chambers UK Guide and the Legal 500 Directory –independent guides that gather client opinion and that of other legal professionals to rank lawyers regionally and nationally. Click here for his full profile.
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