Legal Action Group is running a one-day course, Recent Developments in Traveller Law, which highlights developments in the law affecting Travelling People. It is designed for legal aid practitioners, Travelleradvice and liaison workers and voluntary sector workers with a basic knowledge of Traveller issues. Local government housing, planning and education departments responsible for Gypsy and Traveller matters will also find this course particularly useful.
The course is run by lawyers, who are experts in this field of law, and it is essential to attend if you want to know about Travellers’ rights on a wide range of issues ranging from eviction to education and health.
Topics include:
Eviction
case law update
the Human Rights Act and its impact on public authorities
police, local authorities, government departments and others
homelessness in the light of R (Margaret Price) v Carmarthenshire County Council
security of tenure on official sites
new government changes to law and guidance
Town and country planning
update on case law and planning policy
consequences of Chapman v UK and South Bucks v Porter
development plans, development control and enforcement
the Planning and Compensation Bill
Human rights
positive theoretical UK judgments
negative practical UK judgments
ECHR accommodation judgments
ECHR environmental and health judgments
update of ECHR Roma judgments
Race relations
The Race Relations (Amendment) Act and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
race equalities schemes
Education and health
the duty to provide health care services
education issues affecting Travellers’ children
Details: 9.30am – 5.15pm, Thursday 25 September 2003 at 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1 6NX, £259 + VAT.
For more information, email Legal Action Group’s Training Team at courses@lag.org.uk or call 020 7833 7434.
