Evaluation: How can we measure access to justice for individual consumers? (PDF)
Presentation made by LSB Research Project Manager at the LSRC conference.
Legal Services Board, September 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Presentation made by LSB Head of Development and Research at the LSRC conference
Legal Services Board, September 2012
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“LSB publishes a discussion paper which sets out a range of indicators that aim to baseline access to justice and monitor how it changes over time.”
Legal Services Board, 12th September 2012
Source: www.www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“The former commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has launched a strong attack on Britain’s ‘perverse’ criminal justice system.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Grayling’s main qualifications for justice minister are that he is perceived to be right-wing and once shadowed prisons.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Fast-track courts have dealt with more than 80 ‘Olympic crimes’ so far during the course of the 2012 Games, the Ministry of Justice has revealed.”
The Guardian, 29th Auguest 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Reforms to the efficiency of the administration of justice have increased the burdens on the judiciary at a time when their pay and pension packages are being cut, according to a report from the lord chief justice, Igor Judge.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th August 2012
Source: www.gazette.co.uk
“Crime victims in England and Wales are to get the right to a review in cases when it has been decided that no one will be charged.”
BBC News, 27th July 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Keir Starmer QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, has today launched a consultation on a proposed new edition of the Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code). The Code is the overarching document that all prosecutors follow in deciding whether or not a suspect should be charged.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th July 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Criminals arrested for offences such as minor assaults, theft and fraud could escape prosecution in the biggest shake-up of charging guidelines for 20 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“No one wants delay or waste in the criminal justice system, but the plans for virtual and flexible courts don’t look fair or efficient.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government has outlined plans for improving the technology used by police and the courts system to make judicial processes faster and more efficient. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said that past investments cost too much and under-performed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The criminal justice system can be opaque, impenetrable, too concerned with defendants and too little concerned about victims, Nick Herbert said today (13 July).”
The Independent, 13th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“‘Flash incarceration’ of offenders who breach court orders, widespread naming online of those convicted, more witnesses giving evidence via videolink and Sunday court sittings are among measures outlined in government plans to speed up justice.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Far-reaching plans to reform the criminal justice system by reducing delays, tackling waste and overhauling unnecessarily bureaucratic systems were launched today by Criminal Justice Minister Nick Herbert.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th July 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Last night saw the latest round of Lords debate on the Justice and Security Bill. It should be required reading for the Secretary of State. Peers from all benches challenged the Government’s case for the breadth of reform proposed in the Bill. A number of amendments have been tabled jointly in the names of members of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Lords Constitution Committee, both Committees having already castigated the Government’s proposals as potentially harmful to the common law principles of open, adversarial and equal justice.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th July 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Criminal cases could be dealt with in days or even hours under plans to bring in “swift and sure justice”, ministers will say on Friday.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to overhaul the court system to hold evening and weekend hearings, first introduced at the height of last summer’s riots and now being deployed for the Olympics, have met strong opposition from lawyers being forced to work longer hours.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The lawyer and founder of Reprieve on defending clients on death row, why the whole justice system is flawed – and his fear of appearing sanctimonious.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A leading solicitor has expressed concern that London courts are ‘creaking’ and may not be able to cope with the additional pressures that arise during the Olympics – when some courts will be holding fewer sittings.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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