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Researching mental capacity disputes: The role of mediation in improving participation in the Court of Protection By Jaime Lindsey (University of Essex) It is important that people are involved in decisions which directly affect their lives. Research has shown many benefits of participation in decision-making processes ranging from improving the quality of the … Continue reading
‘Grenfell, Windrush, Hillsborough – these and other tragedies bring into sharp focus the necessary partnership of social rights and the actions of the state.’ Reimagining Administrative Justice: Human rights in small places reconnects everyday justice with social rights. It rediscovers human rights in the ‘small places’ of housing, education, health and social care, where … Continue reading
Reform of the administrative justice system: a plea for change and a research agenda By Richard Kirkham (University of Sheffield) (L) and Naomi Creutzfeldt (University of Westminster) (R) This post is a response to recent overlapping speeches given by the Senior President of Tribunals (SPT), Sir Ernest Ryder, with a particular … Continue reading
Producing the next UK White Paper on Welfare Benefits: the Commission on Social Security, led by Experts by Experience By Rosa Morris (Independent Researcher), Michael Orton (University of Warwick), and and Kate Summers (London School of Economics). Kate Summers (L) and Michael Orton (R) pictured. This blog introduces a new project … Continue reading
In this post, Michael Adler examines a recent report on benefit sanctions from the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee and considers that its proposals for change are to be welcomed but are disappointing in that they make a system that is unacceptable only slightly more palatable.[1] By Michael Adler In its latest report … Continue reading
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