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The Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (AJTC) oversees the administrative justice system as a whole and ensures that the relationships between the courts, tribunals, ombudsmen and alternative dispute resolution providers reflect the needs of users.
How local councils work in England - types of council, decision-making, council finances, local councillors and making complaints
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The full council (a meeting of all council members) is responsible for all…
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Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge S J Walker on 18 May 2021
The Welsh Committee of the AJTC was created to be the independent and authoritative voice to monitor and improve the way public bodies make decisions affecting individuals and the workings of redress mechanisms, including tribunals. It was abolished in August...
We review decisions made by people or bodies with a public law function, eg local authorities and regulatory bodies. We can: carry out a judicial review of decisions made by other courts, tribunals and public bodies hear challenges to decisions...
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs makes recommendations to government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs, including classification and scheduling under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and its regulations. ACMD is an advisory non-departmental...
If your limited company is struggling, it may be possible to go into administration.
The Privy Council is how interdepartmental agreement is reached on items of government business which, for historical or other reasons, fall to ministers as privy counsellors rather than as departmental ministers. The Privy Council Office (PCO) provides secretariat services for...
How to put your limited company or limited liability partnership into administration - what administration is, appointing an administrator, when administration ends
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