UK Administrative Justice Institute Workshop Administrative Justice Research in Scotland Tom Mullen & Chris Gill

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

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

Mapping Administrative Justice and Tribunals in Scotland 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

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?

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

Reform of devolved tribunals Devolution of tribunals 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

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