“This report reviews existing research on drivers of public and participant satisfaction with courts and tribunals. It examines both UK and international evidence (published from 2000 onwards) on what factors may be associated with satisfaction with, and trust in, the justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th March 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Regina (Rayner) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“The statutory scheme dealing with the referral of a recalled mental patient to a mental health review tribunal was not incompatible with the patient’s rights under article 5.4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
R (Rayner) v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWCA Civ 176; [2008] WLR (D) 85
“The statutory scheme dealing with the referral of the case a recalled mental patient to a mental health review tribunal was not incompatible with the patient’s rights under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, whether because of the timescale envisaged or for lack of a right of direct access to a court.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and Another
Queen’s Bench Division
“Although an individual’s registration as manager of a care home had to be related to a specific establishment or agency, it was not necessarily the case that appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal, where the premises had ceased to be available, should be struck out.”
The Times, 29th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Court of Appeal
“An employment tribunal was entitled to find that an employee’s dismissal for misconduct was fair, even though the employer, in his response to the reason for the dismissal, had taken account of previous similar misconduct which was the subject of an expired final warning.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Injured servicemen and military widows will lose out under Government plans to sweep away a tribunal that guarantees their pension rights, ministers have been told.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Welsh Ministers v Care Standards Tribunal and another [2008] WLR (D) 8
“The registration of an individual as a manager under Part II of the Care Standards Act 2000 had to relate to a specific establishment or agency. It was not necessarily the case however that all appeals to the Care Standards Tribunal concerning applications for registration as a manager where the premises in question had ceased to be available to the applicant should be struck out as being misconceived or having no reasonable prospect of success.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Radical reforms to modernise the tribunals system in England and Wales were set out in a consultation by the Ministry of Justice today.”
Ministry of Justice, 28th November 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“This consultation seeks views on the draft Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunals Rules 2008, which have been drafted in line with the Act and current thinking and best practice within the Tribunals Service. The Rules also draw upon the advice set out in the Council on Tribunals’ ‘Guide to Drafting Tribunal Rules’.”
Ministry of Justice, 5th November 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A consultation paper proposing amendments to clarify existing rules and procedures, and to incorporate case law into the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal’s Procedure Rules and Fast Track Procedure Rules. One amendment is required as a result of primary legislation (the UK Borders Bill).”
Ministry of Justice, 5th November 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Fresh hearing not required
Way v Poole Borough Council and Another
Court of Appeal
“The fact that a finding was made that a matter had to be remitted to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal on one discrete issue, did not mean that there should be a complete fresh hearing of all the issues which had been before the original tribunal.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Stefan Cross, the solicitor behind the rise of no-win no-fee equal-pay claims clogging the tribunal system, said yesterday that the cases against local authorities were the beginning of a deluge. The former care home worker estimates that there are 50,000 claims currently waiting to be heard at tribunal with just 25 independent experts working on them.”
The Times, 21st September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
No pension entitlement for fee-paid part-time chairmen
Christie v Department for Constitutional Affairs and Another
“Part-time fee-paid tribunal chairmen were not workers and were not entitled to a pension.”
The Times, 4th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Employment tribunal cases continued to rise during 2006-07, up 15 per cent on the previous year, figures from the Tribunals Service have revealed.”
The Lawyer, 3rd September 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“This consultation document seeks views on the draft Charity Tribunal Rules 2007. The Rules are expected to come into force to coincide with the commencement date of the Tribunal which it is anticipated will be in early 2008. The Act and the Rules apply to England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th August 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Government’s Tribunal Service dealt with almost 600,000 cases in its first full year, its annual report revealed today (24 July).”
The Lawyer, 24th July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement (TCE) Bill, which brings most tribunals together in a single organisation, will speed up justice and make the process easier for the public to understand, Justice Minister Vera Baird QC MP said today.”
Ministry of Justice press release, 27th June 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The second issue of Tribunals Today is now available to view online, articles include: Tribunals Transfer Project, The changing face of the Tribunals Service – one year on, Face to Face with Lord Justice Carnwath, and much more….”
Tribunals Today, Spring 2007 (PDF)
Source: www.tribunals.gov.uk
“The Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) is undertaking a Review of the Remuneration of Tribunals’ Judiciary, as part of the Review of Tribunals’ Judiciary Terms and Conditions.”
Consultation on the remuneration of the Tribunals’ Judiciary (PDF)
Tribunals Service, 24th April 2007
Source: www.tribunals.gov.uk
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