Litigating for Change
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  • Step by Step Guide
    • Step one: Initial questions to consider
    • Step two: Put it in writing
    • Step three: Get advice
    • Step four: Consider the method
    • Step five: Work with others
    • Step six: Planning
    • Step seven: Resourcing
    • Step eight: Communications
  • Methods
    • Complaints
    • Judicial Review
    • Legal Opinion
    • Public Interest Intervention
    • Tribunals
  • Case Studies
    • SPSO investigate complaint against Fife NHS Board
    • Protecting Refugees who are victims of domestic violence in the UK
    • Cadder and the right to legal assistance in police detention
    • Challenging routine immigration detention in the UK
    • Protecting a child's rights to privacy in the Named Person scheme
    • Young people’s opt-out from religious observance in schools
    • Challenging school exclusion of children with disabilities
    • Protecting complainers’ human rights in justice system
    • Protecting refugees from destitution -challenging SERCO lock-changes
    • Challenging council process around homelessness
  • Resources
    • Equality and Human Rights Commission
    • Equality and Human Rights Law in the UK
    • Glossary
    • Useful contacts

Step five: Work with others

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Experience and research shows that strategic litigation is most effective when pursued collaboratively.  The strategic impact is greater with the support and input of various partners, and when it is communicated well to stakeholders.

​Partner civil society organisations can bring:

  • Knowledge of, and contact with, individuals who could bring a judicial review petition on the strategic issue
 
  • Additional knowledge or expertise on the strategic issue to enhance initial consideration
 
  • A Public Interest Intervention in the case to strengthen the court’s consideration
 
  • Help with communicating the case outcome through their social media, events and networks
 
  • Resource, whether finance or particular support that they can offer the individual petitioner
 
  • Share the risk – strategic litigation can bring reputational risk for an organisation but working in partnership lessens the risk to any one organisation. It is beneficial to build good contacts with legal networks or professionals who can help to highlight potential cases and help you to consider your organisation’s strategic approach to litigation.

You can find useful contacts to consider approaching in the Resources section.
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  • Home
  • About
    • Who is this guide for?
    • What is this guide not about?
    • How to use this guide
    • About the authors
    • Accessibility Statement
    • Contact
  • Step by Step Guide
    • Step one: Initial questions to consider
    • Step two: Put it in writing
    • Step three: Get advice
    • Step four: Consider the method
    • Step five: Work with others
    • Step six: Planning
    • Step seven: Resourcing
    • Step eight: Communications
  • Methods
    • Complaints
    • Judicial Review
    • Legal Opinion
    • Public Interest Intervention
    • Tribunals
  • Case Studies
    • SPSO investigate complaint against Fife NHS Board
    • Protecting Refugees who are victims of domestic violence in the UK
    • Cadder and the right to legal assistance in police detention
    • Challenging routine immigration detention in the UK
    • Protecting a child's rights to privacy in the Named Person scheme
    • Young people’s opt-out from religious observance in schools
    • Challenging school exclusion of children with disabilities
    • Protecting complainers’ human rights in justice system
    • Protecting refugees from destitution -challenging SERCO lock-changes
    • Challenging council process around homelessness
  • Resources
    • Equality and Human Rights Commission
    • Equality and Human Rights Law in the UK
    • Glossary
    • Useful contacts