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A joint submission to the MoJ consultation on open justice
In response to the House of Commons Justice committee report on open justice, and the susequent Ministry of Justice consultation, an ad hoc group of court and tribunal observers assembled to discuss ideas in meetings and virtually. We made the following collective submission, in addition to individual submissions in other…
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Report: Courts and Tribunals Access and Observation Workshop
We are pleased to publish our report following the Courts and Tribunals Access and Observation Workshop held at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. Our report discusses challenges of court observation and issues of public participation in the courtroom, where some of the key questions are: ‘access to what, by…
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Welcome to the Courts and Tribunals Observers’ Network
This initiative, funded by the Sheila Kitzinger Programme, focuses on Open Justice and Courts and Tribunals Observation and Access, building on UK civil society and legal policy work on technological changes to the justice system. The convenor is Dr Judith Townend, University of Sussex. One of our central questions is…
