‘You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen. It said “Parking Fine”.’ Comedian Tommy Cooper by Margaret Doyle We all know that parking and parking tickets are highly emotive issues. A Direct Line poll this year found that parking charges are the fee consumers hate … Continue reading
In this post, Richard Kirkham, Senior Lecturer in Public Law at the School of Law, University of Sheffield, explores the problems with regulation of redress in light of the implementation in the UK of the EU ADR Directive. He argues that this is an issue for all branches of justice, including the administrative justice system, because it is part of a number of reforms … Continue reading
Parliament The Immigration Bill is due to have its second reading in the Commons on 13 October. Among other things, the Bill would extend changes to appeal rights introduced by the Immigration Act 2014, in order to enable the Home Secretary to remove from the UK migrants who are appealing against a refusal of a … Continue reading
By Nick O’Brien In a recent article in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law (‘The ombudsman as democratic alternative: reading the EU Consumer ADR Directive in the light of the PASC reports’, 37 (2015) 274-282) I argued that ombuds – or at least those who still aspire to some sort of ‘public’ function … Continue reading
In the coming week, we will be publishing our current research register, listing a number of research projects on administrative justice that are currently in progress. Alongside the register, we’ll be publishing several research profiles of specific projects. One of UKAJI’s key aims is to develop a researcher network, giving researchers the opportunity to engage … Continue reading