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What research is being done in administrative justice? Announcing UKAJI’s upcoming Current Research Register

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

Rapid response: What do we know about immigration detention?

This ‘rapid response’ research review has been commissioned by UKAJI and prepared by Oliver Marshall. It is the first of our ‘What do we know?’ series of reviews and seminars exploring the research evidence on specific timely topics. The issue of time limits for ‘administrative detention’ has received attention recently in the media and among … Continue reading

David Mead: Public Law Current Survey (Feb – Apr 2015)

Originally posted on UK Constitutional Law Association:
Editors’ note: The Public Law Current Survey was originally published in Public Law and is reprinted here with the generous permission of that journal. The July 2015 issue of the journal is now out and its table of contents can be consulted below. ? (This survey covers the…

COMMENT: Handling of complaints by immigration detainees needs urgent overhaul

Handling of complaints by immigration detainees needs urgent overhaul, according to Medical Justice and Lord Ramsbotham, writes Margaret Doyle.  On 24 November 2014, Lord Ramsbotham wrote to the Home Secretary urging her to initiate an urgent review of the handling and investigation of complaints made by immigration detainees. His letter followed a conference at the House … Continue reading