Oliver Carter

Oliver Carter is a solicitor in the Public Law and Human Rights team at Irwin Mitchell LLP and former co-chair of Young Legal Aid Lawyers, a group which campaigns for access to justice and social mobility in the legal aid sector.

Who’s afraid of judicial review?

The government has pledged to ‘reform’ the way in which citizens can challenge the lawfulness of its own decisions. This should worry us all.

By Oliver Carter

/ 4 Aug 2020

Can true justice be done remotely?

An emergency response to the pandemic has fast-tracked the digitalisation of the UK justice system. But do remote hearings undermine access to justice?

By Oliver Carter

/ 12 May 2020

What next for justice?

The government have finally pledged to take some action on the access to justice crisis. Now we need to hold them to their promises.

By Oliver Carter

/ 7 Mar 2019

Why legal aid matters and what you can do about it

Cuts to legal aid are causing widespread injustice and likely costing the taxpayer more. The government are reviewing the cuts. We have a final chance to tell them we care.

By Charlotte Threipland and Oliver Carter

/ 1 Nov 2018

Do we have a right to justice?

As new research reveals the devastating impact of legal aid cuts, Labour is considering not only reversing some of those cuts but enshirining in law our right to justice.

By Oliver Carter

/ 26 Sep 2017

Justice - open to all, like the Ritz hotel

The government has committed to reviewing cuts to legal aid and the fight for justice and government accountability has just begun.

By Oliver Carter

/ 2 Feb 2017