HIV/AIDS and legal issues in England and Wales

In England and Wales, the only HIV specialist legal advice service is currently observing "a return of many of the problems that were encountered in the 1980s but which we thought had been resolved." Ignorance about HIV and about how HIV is (and is not) transmitted continues, while the many benefits from new treatments have been accompanied by complacency, misunderstanding, and new forms of discrimination. This article, by members of the Advice Centre of the Terrence Higgins Trust, which includes the HIV specialist legal advice service, provides an overview of some of the legal issues currently facing people with HIV/AIDS in the UK, from discrimination to the rights of HIV-positive parents and their children, from housing to immigration and criminal law.