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Migrant
workers ripped off: BBC Reporting Scotland report, 9
May 2008 (opens as Real Video).
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The
Scotsman: career focus on law centres, 9
May 2008 (opens as pagesuite within browser; article at pages 6 & 7). |
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Govan
Money Matters Advice Centre and GLC launch a new online advice
service for East European migrant workers in Scotland: Witamy
na Glasgow Pomoc.
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GLC
images of private sector slum
landlord flats in Govanhill. GLC and Govan
Money Matters are working with Govanhill Housing Assocation and the
local community to help address these issues. |
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London
High Court rules in favour of OFT in unfair bank charges case
- GLC will be updating www.bankcharges.info
to explain what this means for customers in Scotland, and how this
can be used to help you obtain a refund in Scotland.
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Compulsory
purchase homes neglected by private landlords in Govanhill,
Evening Times, 18 April 2008. |
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GLC
launches new mini-website on how to apply for 'time to pay' for
council tax debt. |
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Roma
migrants in Scotland facing exploitation, The Herald, 1 April 2008
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GLC's
Principal Solicitor talks to Tommy Sheridan
about the new time to pay rules for council tax arrears (opens
as streamed real
audio).
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Summary
of new Scottish bankruptcy rules in force from 1 April 2008. |
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Developing
safety nets for homeowners - Joseph
Rowntree Foundation report from the University of York's
Centre for Housing Policy and Govan Law Centre (March
2008). JRF
news release.
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Double
win for Govan Law Centre at the Scottish Legal Awards 2008 - ex-Liverpool
F.C. Captain and Scottish football legend, Alan Hansen, presents GLC
with two legal awards - Best Legal Project of the Year (GLC's
Prevention of Homelessness project - a partnership with Glasgow's
Social Work Department & Govan Money Matters Advice Centre, part
funded by the Glasgow Homelessness Partnership) and Best Legal
Website of the Year (GLC's bankcharges.info site).
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Govanhill
Roma - BBC Alba Eòrpa - BBC
Scotland's Europe Gaelic news programme examines the difficulties of
the Slovak Roma in Glasgow's Govanhill. Broadcast on BBC 2,
7.30pm, Thursday, 21 February 2008. |
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A
life in question - GLC's Mike Dailly talks
to BBC Radio Scotland's Colin Mackay about life, religion and social
justice (opens as real audio, 11 February 2008). . |
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A
major newspaper investigation into property factors takes place this
week - Govan Law Centre is backing the Evening
Times' campaign for a fairer deal for Glasgow homeowners. You
can take part in the debate by adding your views and experience on
the page links below.
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February
Letters
special: Our factor delivers a poor level of service
19
February
Letters
special: mystified by role of factors in new homes
15
February
Mystery
shopper bid to help homeowners
13
February
Readers
help frame new laws on factors
12
February
Homeowners
rage at factors over insurance
11
February
Our
factor has sacked us - our flats are a den of crime
8
February
All
factors must sign up to our charter
Evening
Times' Property Factors Charter
7
February
New
home dream is tainted by factors
6
February
My
83-year-old mother could lose her home because of her factors
5
February
How
much does it cost to change a light bulb?
Angry
residents want factors out
We
had to pay £44 to change a light bulb
Law
needed to regulate city's factors
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Mortgage
crisis for hundreds of Glasgow homeowners - link
to article in the Evening Times, 1 February 2008. |
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Don't
be scammed by claims management companies - link
to article, the Daily Record, The Reader's Champion, 31 January 2008.
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'Tesco
Law' - the future of the legal profession? GLC's
response to the Law Society of Scotland's consultation (opens
as PDF file - 25 January 2008) |
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GLC
contribution to the 'Banking the
unbanked: strategies to tackle financial exclusion' conference - major
conference at Glasgow Caledonian University on 22 January 2008.
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BBC
Radio Scotland's GMS - Civil legal aid
rendered meaningless to defend mortgage repossessions in Scotland (4
minutes of streamed Real Audio, 22 January 2008).
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GLC
contribution to the Royal Faculty of
Procurators in Glasgow conference on the Legal Profession & Civil
Court Reform - Royal Faculty Hall,
Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow on 21 January 2008. |
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Small
claims increase penalises Scotland's most vulnerable citizens:
BBC Radio Scotland's GMS (6 minutes streamed
Real Audio, 14 January 2008); see also the
Law Society of Scotland's online news.
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GLC's
bankcharges.info website
shortlisted at the Scottish Legal Awards 2008 - category: Legal
Website of the Year. |
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Scotland's
Smart Citizens (BBC Scotland's citizens'
rights Facebook group) - GLC's Principal Solicitor will answer property
questions
online and provide free legal advice from 7pm to 9pm on Monday, 14
January 2008 (links to the Facebook Group - if you're not a
member of Facebook you can join for free).
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BBC
Radio Scotland's Morning Extra - Real
Audio link to live public phone-in with Gary Robertson, Frontline's
Ross McWilliam and GLC's Principal Solicitor on the subject of
property factors (35 minutes streamed audio, 10 January 2008).
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Scotland's
Property Nightmare - link to BBC Frontline
Scotland's report on property factors (broadcast on BBC 1, 9 January
2008). Watch
the show again in Real Video (opens as
streamed real video).
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'Banking
the unbanked' - major conference on
financial inclusion on 22 January 2008; hosted by the Scottish
Poverty Information Unit, Caledonian University, Glasgow.
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