How do geographic, demographic, cultural, and other factors affect people’s ability to resolve their legal problems?

Background

We want to improve the way people are supported in their interactions with the justice system, to target timely and efficient resolutions that lead to positive and sustainable outcomes for all parties involved.

Next steps

We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects


  • Language of DIY Justice: Communication practices & processes

    The project explores the language of DIY Justice by focusing on communication as an inherent part of court hearings as well as court processes and procedures. Since cuts to legal aid in 2013, an increasingly high number ...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: Birmingham City University

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the language of DIY Justice and communication processes, which directly relates to how geographic, demographic, cultural, and other factors affect people's ability to resolve their legal problems.

  • Legal Pathways - Integrated Legal Workflow App

    Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls and President of the UK Civil Courts, has called for a single portal for legal issue resolution, connected to online dispute systems by Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)....

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: TABLED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to understand how a digital service can support access to justice, which partially addresses the question about factors affecting people’s ability to resolve their legal problems.