The Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) has published a briefing for the Committee Stage of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill on the implications for access to justice of the proposed changes to judicial review.
The briefing is published as evidence on the website of the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill 2013-14, along with written submissions from other organisations.
The briefing discusses the effects of:
- Clause 50 - Requiring the court to consider the likelihood of whether there would have been a substantially different outcome for the applicant
- Clause 53 - Establishing a presumption that interveners in Judicial Review cases in courts will pay their own costs and any costs incurred by any other party because of their intervention
- Clause 54 - 55 - Restricting the situations where a cost capping order can be made - A cost capping order limits the costs which a party may recover from another party at the conclusion of the case
You can download the briefing at http://www.edf.org.uk/blog/?p=32328
Disability Rights UK is a member of the Equality and Diversity Forum.