UKAJI invites people with relevant experience to submit quotations for carrying out the following work, which will be funded by the University of Essex: Assessment of the market in the UK for training courses (online and face-to-face) related to administrative justice Identification of possible partners for UKAJI in delivering these courses Indicative costs/income of running … Continue reading
Parliament The Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill has completed Report Stage and Third Reading in the House of Commons. The Bill establishes the office of Service Complaints Ombudsman, replacing the Service Complaints Commissioner. The Local Government (Review of Decisions) Bill had its Second Reading in the House of Lords on 27 February … Continue reading
People aggrieved by government decisions about 22 different benefits are required to ask for a “mandatory reconsideration” (asking the Department for Work and Pensions to reconsider and revise its decision) within a month; failure to ask for a mandatory reconsideration bars an appeal to a tribunal. 32% of people visiting a Citizens Advice Bureau about … Continue reading
Explicitly socio-legal oriented academic posts seem to be like buses: you wait for ages, then two turn up at the same time (in this case, heading towards Edgbaston and Wivenhoe Park). The School of Law at the University of Birmingham is currently advertising “Birmingham Fellows in Socio-Legal Studies” saying that it “seeks to fortify its critical mass of socio-legal … Continue reading
In the first of a regular feature on the UKAJI blog, we bring together news, developments, events and publications related to administrative justice. To suggest an item for future “What’s new” posts, please email ukaji@essex.ac.uk. Parliament The Local Government (Review of Decisions) Bill was debated by the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on 21 … Continue reading