Research

The Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on Judicial Review

Varda Bondy and Professor Lee Bridges

The study provides a detailed breakdown of the number of civil judicial review claims issued and granted permission in each category within the research period. It considers the incidence of Human Rights Act claims in judicial review proceedings and compares the outcome patterns of HRA and non-HRA cases, concluding that there is little evidence to

15 Jun 2003

Research

Third Party Interventions in Judicial Review

Deana Smith, Karen Ashton and Professor Lee Bridges

This report describes the process and outcomes of an ‘action research’ project conducted by the Public Law Project with the financial support of the Nuffield Foundation.

1 May 2001

Research

Cause for Complaint: An evaluation of the effectiveness of NHS complaints procedures

Henrietta Wallace and Linda Mulcahy

In 1997, PLP received funding from the National Lotteries Charities Board to carry out the first independent, national evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the NHS complaints procedure introduced in April 1996. The aim of this report is to evaluate the procedure from the perspective of health service users, looking at issues of fairness

6 Sep 1999