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Admin History:

The JUSTICE-All Souls Review Committee is often referred to as an unofficial Royal Commission and sought to look at English administrative law.

It sought to follow the Review conducted int he late 1950s by the Franks committee. Unusually it was driven by academics and practitioners and not by Government which is why the review took 10 years to complete. The Review looked to consider the procedures and practices of tribunals and enquiries and remove the poor and abused elements highlighted by ombudsman. It sought "...effective redress of grievances suffered as a consequence of acts or omissions of the various agencies of Government".

The Committee was chaired by Patrick Neill QC who had considerable experience in arbitration matters.

The final report entitled 'Administrative Justice, Some Necessary Reforms, Report of the Committee of the JUSTICE-All Souls Review of Administrative Law in the UK' was published in 1988. The Review is often criticised for its lack of clear objectives, occasionally contradictory recommendations and insufficient data or evidence to justify some of the positions it advocates. It recommended the creation of an independent body called the Administrative Review Commission.

Francis Patrick Neill was born in August 1926, he was educated at Highgate School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a barrister in 1951 and Queens Counsel in 1966. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University between 1986-1989. In 1997 he was made a life peer as Baron Neill of Bladen, of Briantspuddle in Dorset and sits as a cross bench member of he House of Lords.

Description:

Includes correspondence, minutes, newspaper cuttings, articles, reports and publications relating to the JUSTICE-All Souls Review of Administrative Law in the UK published in 1989. There is also material including minutes, correspondence, publications and reports relating to the Council for the Securities Industry featuring items concerned with the future of The Stock Exchange and the City Code on Take-overs and Mergers.