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Call for papers – international conferences on empirical legal research

Tenth Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies October 30-31, 2015, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO, USA Paper Submission Deadline: 26 June 2015

 The Tenth Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS 2015) is sponsored by the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS) and hosted by Washington University School of Law, the Center … Continue reading

Administrative justice in Scotland – a UKAJI stakeholder workshop

A workshop examining administrative justice in Scotland will be held at the University of Glasgow on 20 May 2015, 1-4.30pm. The workshop is free and will be of interest to policy makers, the judiciary, researchers, consumer advisers, regulators and ombudsmen and complaint handlers. The programme can be found here: Workshop Invitation and Programme – UKAJI 20 … Continue reading

Tom Hickman and Maurice Sunkin: Success in Judicial Review: The Current Position

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…

Analysis: Public trust and ombudsmen

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

Administrative Justice in Wales: Challenges and Opportunities

By Sarah Nason, Ysgol y Gyfraith/ School of Law, Prifysgol Bangor University On 13th February 2015, UKAJI held its first workshop designed to bring together members from the policy, practice and research communities. The seminar, hosted by Bangor University Law School and supported by the Welsh Government, was also the first stage in research aiming … Continue reading