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Abstract
This report, funded by Nuffield, found that LIPs face intellectual, practical and emotional barriers to being able to participate in legal proceedings, and that these barriers could jeopardise their right to a fair trial under article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), which requires litigants to be able to participate effectively in legal proceedings. While these barriers exist for many litigants, the research identified an additional attitudinal barrier that LIPs face as a direct result of not having legal representation in court. The two main recommendations from the research were that there was a need for cultural change to ‘normalise’ the presence of LIPs in the court system and embed their perspective in reforms to the court process (to tackle attitudinal barriers) and a need for information materials to support LIPs, developed through user-focused design principles (to tackle intellectual, practical and emotional barriers).
Original language | English |
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Type | Research report |
Number of pages | 355 |
Place of Publication | Belfast |
Publication status | Published - 14 Sep 2018 |
Keywords
- Litigants in person; access to justice; fair trial
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Activities
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Justice initiatives and support around litigants in person
Grainne Mc Keever (Participant)
11 Feb 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Year 1 Review of Litigant in Person Reference Group
Grainne Mc Keever (Participant)
21 Jan 2020Activity: Other
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Judicial Review during Covid
Grainne Mc Keever (Speaker)
18 Jun 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Research output
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Comparing Courts and Tribunals Through the Lens of Legal Participation
McKeever, G., 10 Apr 2020, In: Civil Justice Quarterly. 39, 3, p. 217-236 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Remote hearings: Litigants in Person and effective participation
McKeever, G., 2020.Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper
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Remote Justice? Litigants in Person and Participation in Court Processes during Covid-19
McKeever, G., 3 Aug 2020, In: Modern Law Review. p. NAResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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