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Seminar on initial decision-making, internal review and administrative justice

Mandatory reconsideration is something of a hybrid feature of administrative justice. In terms of design, this is obvious. It is a form of redress in one sense, but it is also a form of primary decision-making in another. By Robert Thomas and Joseph Tomlinson, School of Law, University of Manchester We recently held a joint UKAJI/University … Continue reading

Online dispute resolution: making it happen

By Robert Thomas UKAJI is interested in providing a forum for exchange of views on new developments in administrative justice. In this piece, Robert Thomas of the School of Law, University of Manchester, discusses the challenges of implementing online courts and tribunals. We welcome comments and contributions from a range of perspectives. Behind the scenes, enormous … Continue reading

‘Mind the gap’ – mapping the administrative justice landscape

By Alan Morrison A major project to map the bodies that make up the administrative justice system in Scotland was published last November by the Scottish Tribunals and Administrative Justice Advisory Committee (STAJAC). Here Alan Morrison, author of the report and Policy and Research Officer for STAJAC, describes the approach taken to the project and … Continue reading

More merger than radical reform: The Government’s response to its Consultation on a new Public Services Ombudsman

By Richard Kirkham This post was originally published on OA News, the online newsletter of the Ombudsman Association, on 22 December 2015. It is re-posted with permission of the author and the Ombudsman Association. In a pleasant Christmas present for ombudsman watchers, the Cabinet Office has published a response to its summer consultation on proposals … Continue reading

Why parking on private land is an administrative justice issue

‘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