Category Archives: Justice

Good Law Project: Just Stop Crowdfunding (and do something that actually makes a difference instead)

Posted on January 7, 2025 by wonkypolicywonk

Gaie Delap waits at home with her bags packed, terrified of the next knock at the door as she waits for the police to arrive and take her to prison.  This 77-year-old woman is living under the threat of arrest … Continue reading →

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Covid corruption: Will Labour break Jolyon’s heart?

Posted on June 28, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Though less well known for romancing women than blocking them on X/Twitter, in recent months Jolyon Maugham, founder and Director of the (Not Very) Good Law Project, has developed a bit of a pash for Labour’s shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves. … Continue reading →

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ET fees: my response to the MoJ consultation

Posted on February 28, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Earlier this month, on this blog, I posted my initial thoughts about the surprisingly-timed Ministry of Justice consultation on Employment Tribunal (ET) fees, launched on 29 January, as well as some further thoughts and my proposal for an alternative fees … Continue reading →

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Employment Tribunal fees: How to fee, *that* is the question

Posted on February 5, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Last week on this blog, I set out my initial response to the Ministry of Justice proposal to introduce modest fees for Employment Tribunal (ET) claimants and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) appellants. In short, given the dire state of public … Continue reading →

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Employment Tribunal fees: Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before

Posted on January 30, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

A ripple of excitement ran through ’employment law & policy’ X (formerly ’employment law & policy’ Twitter) yesterday, when the Ministry of Justice unexpectedly presented us with an opportunity to dust off a much-used hashtag from the past: #ETfees It … Continue reading →

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Employment Tribunal backlog: Down in the MoJ at midnight

Posted on November 9, 2023 by wonkypolicywonk

In June this year – and then again in July for good measure – junior justice minister Mike Freer MP – who almost certainly doesn’t smell of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings – told the … Continue reading →

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Employment Tribunal backlog: Getting freer with the data

Posted on August 24, 2023 by wonkypolicywonk

Previously on this blog, I have noted how, since February this year, HM Courts & Tribunal Service has been magically shrinking the backlog of Employment Tribunal cases, by retrospectively revising downwards its previously published monthly management information (MI). The backlog as … Continue reading →

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Employment Tribunals: the incredible shrinking backlog

Posted on July 14, 2023 by wonkypolicywonk

Previously on this blog, I have noted how, in March this year, HM Courts & Tribunal Service began to revise its previously published management information on the backlog of Employment Tribunal cases, and how this magical shrinkage of the ET … Continue reading →

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Honey, they’ve shrunk the Employment Tribunal backlog!

Posted on March 14, 2023 by wonkypolicywonk

So, according to the Minister’s answers to a series of Parliamentary Questions tabled by Angela Rayner, the shiny new Employment Tribunal case management system that HMCTS introduced – presumably at some expense – in March 2021 is unable to generate … Continue reading →

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Employment Tribunal claims: latest data

Posted on August 16, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

Two months ago on this blog, I welcomed the (partial) return of both the quarterly ET statistics and the monthly HMCTS management information on ET receipts and disposals. And last week the latest set of the latter gave us the … Continue reading →

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