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Judicial review and Covid-19: reflections on the role of crowdfunding

Judicial review and Covid-19: reflections on the role of crowdfunding Sam Guy – MA Social Research student and incoming ESRC-funded PhD candidate at the University of York   The Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been subject to significant numbers of judicial review challenges, many of which have been financed using crowdfunding. These cases, … Continue reading

Judicial Review during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part II)

Judicial Review during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part II)   By Joe Tomlinson (University of York), Jack Maxwell (Public Law Project), Jo Hynes (University of Exeter), and Emma Marshall (University of Exeter).   In the first part of this post, we considered how judicial review has been operating in a time of social distancing, following the … Continue reading

New Research Report: Public Administration and Justice in Wales – Social Housing and Homelessness

New Research Report: Public Administration and Justice in Wales – Social Housing and Homelessness Dr Sarah Nason and Ann Sherlock (Bangor University), Dr Helen Taylor (Cardiff Metropolitan University), Dr Huw Pritchard (Cardiff University Wales Governance Centre)     Although ‘justice’ (understood as courts, police, prisons, probation etc) is not devolved to Wales, significant aspects of … Continue reading

Public law values in times of lockdown: lessons from the Belgian case

Public law values in times of lockdown: lessons from the Belgian case   By Emmanuel Slautsky (Université libre de Bruxelles)   For the past weeks, national and international news has been dominated by a single topic: a large part of the world is affected by the pandemic of the infectious disease COVID-19, which is due … Continue reading

Online hearings and the quality of justice

Online hearings and the quality of justice By Johnny Tan (LLB student, LSE)   In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has increased the use of audio and video technology to maintain the functioning of the justice system. However, whether such measures can adequately replace face-to-face hearings and how … Continue reading