Jo Wilding is a practising barrister at Garden Court Chambers in London, specialising in immigration, asylum and unlawful detention including appeals, judicial review and claims for damages for false imprisonment.
Research
Jo is working on a PhD on "The Business of Justice", looking at the prohibitive cost of legal representation, the impact of legal aid cuts on individuals, firms and courts and the overall effect of these on access to justice and, in turn, the rule of law.
Her previous research, as a research fellow at Brighton, investigated the situation of unaccompanied children seeking asylum and the extent to which their rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are implemented by the UK government. This is part of the EU-funded "In Whose Best Interests?" project, which is led by the University of Primorska in Slovenia and also involves Austrian and French teams. Jo conducted the UK part of the research under the supervision of Professor Marie-Benedicte Dembour.
Consultancy
She is an Associate Member of Migration Work CIC and was most recently the legal expert on the Quality of Asylum Legal Advice research project, jointly commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Legal Ombudsman and Unbound Philanthropy.
Revealed: legal advice for asylum seekers disappearing due to legal aid cuts
Nov 15, 2017 09:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
Ever since changes were introduced in 2013 to the way legal aid works in England and Wales, campaigners, judges and politicians have been telling the government that many people are now unable to access legal advice and...
Immigrants told to leave UK face huge hike in fees to appeal decisions
Sep 28, 2016 16:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Immigrants appealing through the courts for a right to remain in the UK will soon face a huge increase in procedural costs after the government announced fee hikes of over 500% for some types of appeal through the...
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