JUSTICE launched its latest ground-breaking report – “What is a Court?” – on 17 May. It comes as Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) plans to reform and revolutionise the estate of court and tribunals buildings. On 11 February, HMCTS announced the closure of 86 courts, while the Chancellor committed in November 2015 more […]
In the cause WF
April 22, 2016
Article 8 ECHR, the protection of privacy in medical records and access to legal aid to fight disclosure. KNOWLEDGE BANK – SCOTS LAW TERMINOLOGY Haver – a body or person holding documents. Commission and diligence – the procedure by which the Court tells a haver to provide to the parties the documents held. Petition – […]
JUSTICE staff share study tips
April 21, 2016
With exam season imminent across the United Kingdom, we at JUSTICE have put our heads together to share our best exam tips! Andrea Coomber, Director PAY ATTENTION Only one tip: read the question slowly to the very end before picking up your pen. After 19 years of formal education, I still failed to do this […]
Julie Bishop
April 14, 2016
Julie is director of the Law Centres Federation, the representative body for the national network of community based law centres. Prior to this, Julie was director of the National Association of Community Legal Centres in Australia and has worked in the legal aid sector in Australia at community level for almost 20 years. […]
Kate Beattie
Kate Beattie is a barrister at 1 Crown Office Row. Kate’s expertise spans public and private law with particular expertise in public law, human rights and equality. She regularly acts for claimants in human rights and judicial review challenges, and has a high profile public inquiry and inquest practice. Kate has been appointed to the […]
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton
Baroness Campbell of Surbiton Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton is a cross-bench peer of the House of Lords. Jane was Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) from 2006–2008. She was the former Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), and Commissioner of the Disability Rights Commission until it was […]
Natalie Ceeney CBE
Natalie Ceeney CBE is Chief Executive of HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Natalie was previously part of the UK Executive Team of HSBC and Chief Executive and Chief Ombudsman of the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service. Natalie’s career has also entailed managerial and leadership roles at the National Archives, management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, and […]
Christine Chinkin
Christine Chinkin is an Emerita Professor of International Law and the Director of the Centre on Women, Peace and Security at the LSE. She is a barrister and a member of Matrix Chambers, having won the American Society of International Law, 2005 Goler T. Butcher Medal ‘for outstanding contributions to the development or effective realisation […]
Zoë Chapman
Zoë Chapman is a Legal Fellow at JUSTICE and an Intern at New York University Law School-based blog, Just Security. She started working at JUSTICE through a four-month Kalisher Trust Internship, which ended in January 2016. She has previously worked for a campaign group which was pursuing a private prosecution for fraud, and on a […]
Polly Brendon
Polly Brendon is a solicitor at the Public Law Project, an independent, national legal charity which aims to improve access to public law remedies for those whose access is restricted by poverty, discrimination or other similar barriers.. Polly qualified in private practice following a BA in History at the London School of Economics and Political […]