Name: “Tribunals for users”? Exploring the concept of user-focused tribunals
Start: 2026-02-23T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-23T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Nuffield Foundation

$\u201cTribunals for users\u201d? Exploring the concept of user-focused tribunals$

This in-person event will chart how the key principle of “user focus” has been implemented in practice in the UK tribunal systems.
About this Event

25 years after Sir Andrew Leggatt’s review of tribunals identified “user focus” as one of the key principles that should underpin a reformed tribunal system, this event will chart how this idea has been implemented in practice.

The event will include:

· Lord Justice Dingemans, the recently appointed Senior President of Tribunals will provide a keynote speech

· Ash Patel (Programme Head, Justice) will provide an overview of the Nuffield Foundation’s new Public Right to Justice programme

· Professor Chris Gill, Professor Tom Mullen, Dr Jo Hynes and Dr Fanni Gyurko will present early findings from their research project Understanding and Developing User Focused Tribunal Hearings

A full agenda will be available shortly.

The event will be of interest to policymakers and practitioners interested in designing justice systems around users’ needs; tribunal judges, panel members, and administrators; legal advisers and representatives; civil society groups with an interest in the operation of tribunals across areas including housing, education and social security; academics working in the fields of access to justice and administrative justice.

Can't make it in person? Please join us online by registering on the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tribunals-for-users-exploring-the-concept-of-user-focused-tribunals-tickets-1976623763887?aff=oddtdtcreator