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Join Public Interest Litigation Support for To Be Fair NI - the podcast series about the life-changing legal cases that create positive impact, not just for one person, but for communities across Northern Ireland.

  1. 11/27/2025

    S2 E3: REPLAY: Autumn Social 2025

    Our Autumn Social marked 25 years of the Human Rights Act. Now, we’re sharing something special: a replay episode featuring highlights from two thought-provoking speeches from PILS Director Kate Barry and human rights expert John Wadham. Feel the energy of the Autumn Social again (or for the first time). To subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dsyW05

    27 min

  2. 11/20/2025

    S2 E2: Joining the dots with Deena Nimick and Wesley McGrady

    Public Interest Litigation Support have been connecting local human rights defenders with pro bono lawyers through our Pro Bono Register since 2011. Now, we’re reuniting some of those incredible activists and lawyers to share their unique experiences of collaborating for change. This episode stars two experts who teamed up to connect the dots between policy, law and real life in Northern Ireland: Deena Nimick, the Centre for Independent Living NI's policy and campaign's manager, and barrister Wesley McGrady.

    31 min

  3. 11/13/2025

    S2 E1: Justice is a team sport with Cuisle Nic Liam, Úna Boyd and Iryna Kennedy

    Public Interest Litigation Support have been connecting local human rights defenders with pro bono lawyers through our Pro Bono Register since 2011. Now, we’re reuniting some of those incredible activists and lawyers to share their unique experiences of collaborating for change. This episode features Conradh na Gaeilge’s Cuisle Nic Liam, CAJ solicitor Úna Boyd and barrister Iryna Kennedy. Their story, sparked by Belfast City Council’s bilingual signage decision at the Olympia Leisure Centre, is about language equality, transparency, and testing new legal ground.

    29 min

  4. 11/06/2025

    S2 Trailer - To Be Fair NI returns!

    To Be Fair NI is back with a brand new series!  Episodes released from Thursday 13 November 2025.  Go behind the scenes with the team at Public Interest Litigation Support, as we support our member organisations to build legal cases that challenge injustice, protect human rights, and promote equality in Northern Ireland.

    5 min

  5. 09/26/2024

    S1 E7: PILS & the Committee on the Administration of Justice

    In the second episode in our series celebrating the NI Human Rights Partnership, PILS visit the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ). CAJ and PILS have a vibrant history of collaboration - almost enough for a whole series of episodes!  Director Daniel Holder and Immigration Project Coordinator Úna Boyd reveal how tools like pro bono legal opinions and Freedom of Information requests have bolstered CAJ's policy & advocacy work. Tune in to hear how CAJ & PILS coordinate their own organisational expertise to promote human rights in NI. You'll hear timely reflections on combatting toxic anti-immigration rhetoric, as well as discussions on untangling complex legal 'spaghetti' and staying hopeful as we all work together for change.

    41 min

  6. 09/17/2024

    S1 E6: PILS & the Human Rights Consortium

    In this special series, we dive deep into the collaborative spirit of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Partnership. Discover how four unique organisations  - PILS, the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ), Human Rights Consortium (HRC) and Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) are united in their pursuit of equality, human rights and justice. Recorded the HRP's shared home of Community House in Belfast city centre, join your PILS hosts Emma & Hilary as they sit down with Alexa Moore and Niall Robb to reflect on a landmark collaboration between PILS and the Human Rights Consortium this past spring.

    38 min

  7. 04/11/2024

    S1 E5: The Hostile Environment feat. Colin Yeo

    Remember the 'Go Home' vans? That 2013 Home Office campaign was a visible example of the UK government's 'Hostile Environment': a toxic combination of cruel rhetoric & restrictive law/policy. Through Free Movement, barrister and blogger Colin Yeo has been keeping lawyers and civil society up-to-date on immigration law developments since 2007. He tells us about that work & his mixed feelings on strategic litigation on asylum issues.

    38 min

  8. 02/15/2024

    S1 E4: Amazing Potential feat. EJNI

    Pollution doesn't stop at the border... so why should climate action? Environmental Justice Network Ireland is challenging environmental injustice on the island of Ireland. Dr Ciara Brennan & Caitlin McIlhennon tell us: how EJNI burst into life in 2019 about the 'nitty-gritty' of building all-island court cases  and why Ireland is an amazing potential staging ground for strategic litigation.

    28 min
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Join Public Interest Litigation Support for To Be Fair NI - the podcast series about the life-changing legal cases that create positive impact, not just for one person, but for communities across Northern Ireland.

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  • Creator
    Public Interest Litigation Support
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
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    To Be Fair NI