Mapping Administrative Justice: UKAJI Workshop Findings

1. UK Administrative Justice Institute WorkshopAdministrative Justice Research in Scotland Tom Mullen & Chris Gill

2. Aims and objectives of UKAJI • UKAJI Work plan • Purpose of workshop http://ukaji.org/

3. STAJAC wound up • STAJAC reports • Working party • Reform of devolved tribunals • Devolution of tribunals • Substantive devolution – social security • Court reform – Judicial review etc.

4. STAJAC • Scottish Tribunals and Administrative Justice Advisory Committee – wound up end 2015 • Making Decisions Fairly; Developing excellence in administrative justice http://www.adminjusticescotland.com/documents/Event%20Documents/Making_decisions_fairly.pdf The report aims to raise awareness of the importance of sound and transparent administrative justice decision making • Mapping Administrative Justice and Tribunals in Scotland http://www.adminjusticescotland.com/documents/Event%20Documents/MAP%20together%20FINAL%202.pdf The report aimed to map, as comprehensively as possible, the administrative justice and tribunals landscape

5. Tribunal Developments • Continuing reform of devolved tribunals: implementation of Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 • Devolution of reserved tribunals – Scotland Act 2016 • Devolution of social security – need to create new tribunals?

6. Court Reform – judicial review • Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 – two reforms effective from September 2015 • 3 month time limit for JR • Permission required

7. Recent Developments • STAJAC wound up • STAJAC reports • Working party • Reform of devolved tribunals • Devolution of tribunals • Substantive devolution – social security • Court reform – Judicial review etc. • Ombudsmen & Complaints

8. Existing Redress Mechanisms • the courts • judicial review • statutory appeals • delictual and other ‘private law’ actions • tribunals • inquiries • independent and internal reviews • ombudsmen & independent complaints handlers • internal (‘customer’) complaints procedures