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By David Cowan, University of Bristol Law School*, and Caroline Hunter and Simon Halliday, University of York Law School This piece was originally published on the University of Bristol Law School Blog on 13 April 2016 and is re-posted here with permission of the authors. Applicants for homelessness assistance who are aggrieved by a local authority’s … Continue reading
Robert Thomas, School of Law, University of Manchester This blog post investigates the number of appeals allowed by tribunals and the reasons for this. How many appeals are allowed by tribunals? And why do tribunals allow appeals? To start with, here is some data. Figure 1 shows the proportion of allowed appeals concerning social … Continue reading
Is administrative justice for social welfare claimants being dismantled before our very eyes? New evidence from NAWRA suggests that the policy to review decisions prior to tribunal is arguably one of “the single most significant blows to the administrative justice system of recent times”. Here, Eri Mountbatten explains the background to the research and its … Continue reading
11 May 2016 at the University of Manchester UKAJI has organised a seminar on initial decision-making and internal review. The seminar will explore what we know and what we need to know about current reform initiatives relating to initial decision-making and internal review of decision-making across government. The aims are to bring together researchers and … Continue reading
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) is currently seeking evidence on decision making and mandatory reconsideration before appeals of decisions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The consultation is available here. The deadline for responses is 15 March 2016. Here, two members of UKAJI’s team identify key … Continue reading
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