Category: Administration of Justice
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Sam Guy & Joe Tomlinson: Rising Caseloads in Judicial Review – A Question of AI?
Across many parts of the administrative justice system, caseloads appear to be rising. Tribunals handling administrative appeals are currently experiencing record backlogs. Public sector ombudsmen are observing similar trends. This has renewed focus on a perennial question in these institutions: what drives these caseloads? Increasingly, institutions must now ask a follow-up question: is use of…
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Tom Mullen and Charlie Peevers: A Legal Black Hole in UK Waters? The Case of the MV Bella 1
The Facts On 7 January, United States military forces, supported by British forces, intercepted the oil tanker originally known as the Bella 1, then renamed the Marinera, in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland. The ship was sailed towards the UK, arrived in the Moray Firth on 13 January and anchored there in UK territorial…
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Joe Tomlinson and Jed Meers: Will AI Create a Caseload Problem for Justice?
Why is demand important in justice? Justice systems are predominantly analysed in terms of the quality of justice they provide and their level of accessibility. However, justice systems, like all public institutions, operate under resource constraints and must allocate those resources efficiently to achieve the best possible outcomes. In practice, a perpetual challenge for justice…