Last week Just for Kids Law provided evidence to the Supreme Court of the impact of student finance restrictions on lawfully resident, British-educated students who do not yet have citizenship. The Supreme Court will rule on whether a 2011 change to the government’s student loan scheme is discriminatory and amounts to a denial of university education. Background In … Continue reading
by Tom Mullen, University of Glasgow, and Chris Gill, Queen Margaret University University of Glasgow, Tuesday 20 May 2015 This is a report of the discussion at a workshop on Administrative Justice Research in Scotland sponsored by the UK Administrative Justice Institute. The workshop was designed to address three principal questions: What should we be researching? … Continue reading
Last week saw some interesting developments in terms of redress design and the role that research plays in such design. The National Audit Office published a report into complaints handling in the public sector, highlighting the need for analysis of data on complaints, and the Ministry of Justice has announced the terms of reference for its post-implementation … Continue reading
Two upcoming conferences will be of interest to UKAJI: 10-11 September 2015 The Transformation of Consumer Dispute Resolution in the EU University of Leicester 3-4 December 2015 The Power of Mediation Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh The Transformation of Consumer Dispute Resolution in the EU College Court, University of Leicester, 10-11 September 2015 Sponsored by … Continue reading
This piece appeared originally on the website of the Oxford Human Rights Hub is re-blogged here with permission. Views expressed in blog posts are those of the author and not necessarily those of UKAJI. By Julia Salasky What is the future of human rights and public interest litigation? At the moment we are confronting existential threats to … Continue reading