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By Richard Kirkham, University of Sheffield, and Brian Thompson, University of Liverpool Talk of reform and renewal of the public service ombudsman sector has a long history (eg see our work), but across the UK it would seem that we have at last reached a significant tipping point from which the British version could mature into … Continue reading
Originally posted on UK Constitutional Law Association:
Avid readers of the legal press may have spotted the eye-catching statistic that in 2014 a meagre 1% of claims for judicial review were successful. The figure is derived from the statement in the MOJ’s overview of the Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly (October – December 2014) published on…
By Dr Karl Mackie CBE, Chief Executive of CEDR and author of Setting Up and Running a Public Inquiry: Guidance for Chairs & Commissioning Bodies “Inquiries play a very important role in our constitutional arrangements. The independence and thoroughness of their work both contributes to public trust in those institutions which are subject to review … Continue reading
Ombudsmen have an important role in safeguarding public trust in professions and public service providers. In “Public trust and the ombudsman: the case of the OIA”, published on 12 March 2015, Rob Behrens (Chief Executive of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA)) examines the role of the ombudsman in the context … Continue reading
Helen Mountfield QC, Matrix Chambers This post first appeared on the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog on 26 February 2015 at http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/recognising-travellers-needs-the-courts-begin-to-move/ Are courts beginning to recognize the duty of equality law to respect and protect the rights of minorities to be different? A recent important High Court decision in Moore & Coates v Secretary … Continue reading
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