JUSTICE, jointly with Public Law Project, has briefed Parliament on the Nationality and Borders Bill. Our briefings address specific changes which are needed within this Bill for effective access to justice and protection of the rule of law. We also highlight fundamental flaws in the overall approach of the Government to its purported aim of […]
JUSTICE Annual General Meeting 2021
September 22, 2021
The JUSTICE 2021 AGM will be held virtually via Zoom at 5.30pm on Thursday 4 November 2021. Members can join the meeting via this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89486533723, or with the Meeting ID: 894 8653 3723. The Passcode is: 249059 Registration for the meeting will start at 5pm, with the opportunity for members to network with staff ahead of […]
JUSTICE Annual Report 2021
September 21, 2021
Protected: JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2021
JUSTICE remembers Jonathan Cooper OBE
September 20, 2021
Jonathan Cooper OBE was a stalwart of JUSTICE. Jonathan was our Human Rights Director and later Acting Assistant Director in the late 1990s and early 2000s, leading our work on the introduction of the Human Rights Act and the training of judges around it. Having gone on to become a leading light for equality, particularly […]
JUSTICE are hiring a new Chief Executive
August 20, 2021
Striving for a fair, accessible, and equal justice system. Our current Director, Andrea Coomber, is leaving after eight years. She has been instrumental in growing our membership, clarifying our strategic focus, and ensuring our financial viability. This means that our new CE is coming into a strongly performing and highly reputable organisation. It also means […]
Law Commission Consultation on 14th Programme of Law Reform
August 16, 2021
JUSTICE has responded to the Law Commission’s consultation on its 14th Programme of law reform. We provided our views on the ideas for the programme of work put forward by the Law Commission and which are relevant to JUSTICE’s own work. The Law Commission, like JUSTICE, carries out specialist law reform projects and we both […]
JUSTICE Financial Report 2021
July 23, 2021
JUSTICE writes to the Prime Minister on establishing a COVID-19 inquiry fit for bereaved people and survivors
July 16, 2021
JUSTICE Working Party Chair Sir Robert Owen has today written to the Prime Minister to draw his attention to the JUSTICE report When Things Go Wrong: The response of the justice system and its recommendations. This follows the Prime Minister’s pledge to establish a statutory public inquiry into the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
JUSTICE and the Administrative Justice Council launch report on reforming the benefits system
July 8, 2021
The joint Administrative Justice Council and JUSTICE Working Party publishes its report Reforming Benefits Decision-Making, on 8 July 2021. It makes recommendations aimed at creating a benefits system that prioritises dignity and respect and places the user at its heart. The benefits decision-making system forms a huge part of the administrative justice landscape in the […]