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Designing a Public Services Ombud scheme for Jersey

Posted by M Doyle ⋅ June 1, 2018 ⋅ Leave a comment

Researchers from the University of Essex are exploring the design of a new public-sector ombud in conjunction with the Jersey Law Commission. By Andrew Le Sueur and Margaret Doyle Background The current project has had a long gestation. In 2000, the Review Panel on Machinery of Government in Jersey (chaired by Sir Cecil Clothier) recommended … Continue reading →

Social rights are finally entering the political mainstream – but they’re also in jeopardy

Posted by M Doyle ⋅ March 14, 2018 ⋅ Leave a comment

Political leaders, trade unions, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organisations and the public at large are beginning to grasp the transformative potential of social rights. But this progress is in danger. 630 more words via Social rights are finally entering the political mainstream – but they’re also in jeopardy — Left Foot Forward

Lessons Learnt – Administrative justice data scoping report

Posted by M Doyle ⋅ March 8, 2018 ⋅ 2 Comments

This post describes the lessons learnt during the production of a preliminary scoping report on administrative justice data on social security. The project was part of the wider scoping and capacity-building work of the UK Administrative Justice Institute (UKAJI). The report has been made available to the community as an open-source public book via GitBook,[7] … Continue reading →

Call for participation: Researching administrative power workshop

Posted by M Doyle ⋅ February 7, 2018 ⋅ Leave a comment

Researching administrative power The dramatic Grenfell Tower fire in London in 2017 illustrates poignantly the need to articulate specific administrative fields (fire inspections, building material regulation, poverty alleviation, housing, financial support to vulnerable communities) and to develop responses across the administrative system (regulation, accountability, learning from past mistakes). Rule-making and implementation of administrative decisions are indeed becoming embedded in … Continue reading →

Research Roadmap: Where we’ve been and where we need to go with administrative justice research

Posted by M Doyle ⋅ February 1, 2018 ⋅ 2 Comments

Today the UK Administrative Justice Institute (UKAJI) publishes its Research Roadmap, proposing a way forward for empirical research in administrative justice. In doing so we build on earlier work by Nuffield’s Law in the Real World inquiry and the Research Agenda of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (AJTC). A fundamental purpose of research is … Continue reading →

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