Explain And Evaluate The Extent To Which Tribunals Have Been Reformed
(a)Explain the role of tribunals.
(b)Evaluate the extent to which tribunals have been reformed.
Tribunals are an essential part of the British Legal System and are see as part of the popular Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Their main purpose was to give the public a means of settling disputes regarding their scial rights and various other areas such as employment law. For example if a person felt they were incorrectly dismissed from their employment, they would use a tribunal as means of settling the issue rather than a criminal court. Tribunals, more often than not, are attended by one legally qualified person and two people that have no specialized legal training but expertise in the relevant subject area. These people are known …show more content…
There are now only two tribunals; The First Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal, within which are chambers, or groups of tribunals with similar jurisdictions. For the first time ever, the upper tribunal will have the power to conduct a judicial review of a case which has been heard it the first tier tribunals, this means minimizing the need for the courts to get involved in the case. All members or judges working in the new system will be appointed by the Judicial Appointments commission, and are a recognized as judges, which increases the status of tribunals. Further appeal from the Upper Tribunals available to the Court of Appeal, but this is very rarely used because of the well structured system.
The whole system is headed by Senior President of Tribunals who is responsible for assigning judges to the chambers, looking after their general welfare and helping with any issues that may arise. The president has the power to issue practice directions in order to help tribunal judges maintain a unified procedure across every
(b)Evaluate the extent to which tribunals have been reformed.
Tribunals are an essential part of the British Legal System and are see as part of the popular Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Their main purpose was to give the public a means of settling disputes regarding their scial rights and various other areas such as employment law. For example if a person felt they were incorrectly dismissed from their employment, they would use a tribunal as means of settling the issue rather than a criminal court. Tribunals, more often than not, are attended by one legally qualified person and two people that have no specialized legal training but expertise in the relevant subject area. These people are known …show more content…
There are now only two tribunals; The First Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal, within which are chambers, or groups of tribunals with similar jurisdictions. For the first time ever, the upper tribunal will have the power to conduct a judicial review of a case which has been heard it the first tier tribunals, this means minimizing the need for the courts to get involved in the case. All members or judges working in the new system will be appointed by the Judicial Appointments commission, and are a recognized as judges, which increases the status of tribunals. Further appeal from the Upper Tribunals available to the Court of Appeal, but this is very rarely used because of the well structured system.
The whole system is headed by Senior President of Tribunals who is responsible for assigning judges to the chambers, looking after their general welfare and helping with any issues that may arise. The president has the power to issue practice directions in order to help tribunal judges maintain a unified procedure across every