JUSTICE welcomes yesterday’s address by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, in which he stressed the need for wide ranging reform of the justice system: “…I hope that we can create a better court and tribunal system, with rules and procedures to ensure that the right work is carried out […]
A Public Service Ombudsman
June 16, 2015
JUSTICE welcomes the decision to reform and modernise the public service ombudsman system, which we have been advocating for over three decades. Our influential report of 1961, The Citizen and the Administration, was credited as leading to the creation of the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. Only a few years later, in 1969, in […]
Snooping law fit for a digital age? Let’s rip up RIPA and start again.
June 11, 2015
Today, in a long-awaited report, the Independent Reviewer of Counter-Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC echoes JUSTICE’s call to ‘start from scratch’ with a new surveillance law fit for a digital age. For almost a decade, since its adoption, JUSTICE has urged reform of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 – or RIPA – the […]
Snooping law for a digital age? Let’s rip up RIPA and start again.
Today, in a long-awaited report – A Question of Trust – the Independent Reviewer of Counter-Terrorism Legislation, Lord Anderson of Ipswich QC echoes JUSTICE’s call to ‘start from scratch’ with a new surveillance law fit for a digital age. For almost a decade, since its adoption, JUSTICE has urged reform of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers […]
More on the Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity Report
May 8, 2015
The JUSTICE Working Party on Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity was tasked with the question: how best to maximise justice for everyone, not simply those who can afford the cost of legal advice and representation? Its recent report provides an answer, setting out proposals for systemic change to the way our civil courts […]
Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity: a JUSTICE Working Party responds to the crisis
April 23, 2015
A JUSTICE Working Party recommends the introduction of lower-level, qualified, trained and empowered dispute resolution officers to deal with the bulk of cases in the civil courts and tribunals. An integrated online and telephone platform – providing comprehensive legal information, advice and assistance – should support individuals through this reshaped justice system, says the Working […]
Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity
As part of our new strategy, JUSTICE is returning to working more closely with our members. In 2014, we launched a Working Party of our membership on Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity, focused on the civil courts and tribunals, and chaired by The Rt. Hon Sir Stanley Burnton. The report of the Working […]
Lord Judge speaks of importance of JUSTICE
February 12, 2015
Judicial Review: Proposals for further reform
November 26, 2013
JUSTICE considers that the proposals for reform in Judicial Review: Proposals for further reform are ill-considered, poorly evidenced and ill-advised. The changes proposed to legal aid for judicial review appear designed to insulate public decision makers from effective judicial oversight Proposals on standing and costs could significantly impact upon public interest litigation within the United […]
Transforming Legal Aid
September 27, 2013
JUSTICE considers that the proposals in Transforming Legal Aid are rushed, ill-considered and unsupported by evidence. We regret that less than a year after the implementation of the last reforms in Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (“LASPO”), the Government is proposing a series of changes which fail to consider the important […]