APPG on Consumer Protection – Report from the Ombudsman Inquiry. By Gavin McBurnie The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Consumer Protection (the Group) published the report of its inquiry into ombuds on Wednesday 30 January 2019. The inquiry was the result of ‘long-standing concerns about the wide variation in the standards of complaints handling and … Continue reading
Report on the Administrative Justice Council Academic Panel’s Pop-up event, 12 February 2019 By Margaret Doyle Administrative justice met The Apprentice at a pop-up event organised by the Academic Panel of the Administrative Justice Council earlier this month. At what was badged a ‘speed-dating’ event for researchers, representatives of organisations interested in … Continue reading
Here is UKAJI’s summary of administrative justice news and events for February 2019. If you have a suggestion for inclusion in this month’s or future updates, please contact Lee Marsons at lm17598@essex.ac.uk or @LeeGTMarsons. UKAJI blog posts Lee Marsons posted a summary of the PHSO’s January 2019 evidence session before the Public Administration and … Continue reading
Defining vulnerability in the enforcement of public debts Jennie Bunt This is a revised version of an original blog-post on the website of The Justice Gap Testing the boundaries of definitions When the accessibility of justice is threatened, considerable strain is placed on legal definitions. Such definitions carve out the boundaries of, for … Continue reading
Brexit and Administrative Justice: An Early Analysis (Part III – Redress and the Courts) By Joe Tomlinson In the previous two posts in this series, I have highlighted some key emerging trends in law and administration linked to Brexit. In this final post, I address the question of where redress procedures and the courts … Continue reading