The EU Rights and Brexit Hub Clinic is open!
The Clinic is open from 18th September 2020 and ready to take requests for consultation. We are able to provide advice and support to advisers around the UK on cases involving EU, EEA or third country national family members seeking to access public services – for example, through making claims or appeals relating to welfare benefits. We would also be interested in cases relating to access to public sector housing, healthcare, education, and other related services.
The clinic will be working primarily with charitable advice organisations – giving second tier advice to support their work with EU nationals, even if EU nationals only make up a small proportion of their clients. The hub, while based in York Law School Clinic, operates nation-wide – so we welcome requests from across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Advice and support will be provided remotely.
There are a number of avenues for support with settled status applications, and we are not seeking to replicate those.
By way of some examples, we hope to help with issues accessing public services including:
problems interpreting/understanding the law;
decision maker error
delays in decision making
problems with evidencing rights (including problems posed by the digital nature of settled status)
problems relating to decisions on a ‘right to reside’ to access benefits
communication problems or obstacles faced by the client
confusion created by cross-border movement
direct or indirect nationality discrimination
direct or indirect sex, gender, age or disability discrimination
This is not an exhaustive list! Some problems will be unexpected; we are interested in any kind of obstacle encountered.
To find out more information about the project and how to request a consultation visit our rconsultation page.