Organisational Consultancy

Grant: £10,000
January 3, 2018

This is a project to facilitate PLP’s next phase of development and growth.

PLP last restructured in 2015 but has experienced rapid growth since then. It is experiencing capacity constraints. In addition, further growth/expansion is anticipated to enable the organisation to achieve its strategic priorities. Changes to internal structures may well be necessary. PLP’s Board seeks a structure which would enable it to take advantage of appropriate opportunities as they arise. PLP’s current premises are unsuitable for various reasons, including that they physically preclude further growth. PLP is likely to want to move in 2018, and the Board and staff are keen to ensure that the move is to premises that will facilitate and support the next phase of the organisation’s development. PLP has already set robust strategic priorities for the five-year period 2017-2022, but would benefit from further thinking around the practical implications of these priorities, and clearer articulation of its organisational ambitions.

Brexit - Rule of Law

Grant: £60,000
June 21, 2017

Funding to support and enable PLP to engage constructively and effectively with imminent parliamentary law-making and law reform processes arising from Brexit (including, but not limited to, the Great Repeal Act (GRA)).

Whilst some funds may be used to support existing posts so as to create additional capacity within PLP to work on Brexit issues (particularly those of PLP’s lead lawyers) the substantial majority will be utilised to retain a consultant to provide PLP with immediate and ringfenced capacity to devote to the proactive development of its work programme relating to Brexit.

The work will facilitate PLP to:

• Engage with other civil society groups to develop working partnerships and contribute to a shared policy agenda;
• Inform the debate through the publication of briefing and/or information notes targeted to specific audiences;
• Build internal capacity and understanding through an internal training programme; and
• Gather expertise and intelligence to specifically inform PLP’s own casework strategy.

This is part of a wider programme of work through which PLP intends to achieve its overall objective to promote and preserve the Rule of Law.

Future Advice - Public Law Project

Grant: £70,000
July 6, 2016

Explore and Develop Potential Models for Public Law Specialist Support with University Law Clinics

Grant: £30,470
November 10, 2015

PLP will explore and develop potential models for public law specialist support with university law clinics. There is project commitment at four university law clinics with varying degrees of public law awareness and capacity: The clinics are at Huddersfield, Liverpool, Cardiff and Kent universities. Each institution is interested in developing the capacity of their clinics (and the pro bono sector more generally) to identify and progress public law issues, whether internally or by informed referral. The clinics capacities vary from provision of grassroots advice across a wide range of areas including those which will frequently engage public law issues, to one providing advice and legal representation that often involves public law and judicial review work, to one running a project creating public law toolkits for the general public and/or carers and advisers.

PLP's expertise and experience will be applied in project development, practical training, specialist support and the conduct of casework to the development of potential joint working approaches with clinics. They will bring expertise in extensive projects, education, clinical advice provision, IT innovation and research.