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Judicial review is widely understood to be a remedy of last resort, but there remains little research on the extent to which the process can achieve meaningful redress. This article applies the results of a study into ombudsman judicial review to chart the outputs of the various stages of the process at which an outcome can be secured. The claim is made that ombudsman judicial review does secure a small level of success for claimants both in and out of court but that the rate of such success is lower for citizen claimants than the norm in all judicial review cases. The explanation provided for this pattern is that organisationally ombudsman schemes have learnt lessons from being repeat players in judicial review and are better equipped to integrate rule of law values than many other public bodies. Citizen claimants, by contrast, include a high proportion of inexperienced litigants-in-person for which the judicial review process is ill-designed to facilitate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the question of how to integrate the ombudsman community in England, a proposal for which there is much support but less agreement on the way forward. It is argued that, in the long-term, successful reform will not occur unless three distinct perspectives on administrative justice are incorporated into the proposal to form a single public services ombudsman for England. This approach points to a set of strong principles that should direct redesign of the ombudsman sector in England in order to establish an institution capable of responding to current and future demands. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the initiatives to reform the ombudsman legislation in Great Britain. The said reform was initiated to enhance the rules that support the undertakings of the ombudsman in line with their work for the public. Furthermore, the reform is a response to the shortcomings of the existing law of the ombudsmen in the country.

The article develops a critical perspective on ombudsman in Great Britain. Year on year, the Public Sector Ombudsmen in the Great Britain have become an ever more permanent feature of the constitution. It is recognized by most observers, and by ombudsmen themselves, that more can be done to provide a better service but, generally speaking, the effectiveness of the Ombudsmen is moving in the right direction. Some of the potential reforms that could be introduced would require legislation and hence are not in the immediate pipeline. However, improvement is quietly taking place all the time to refine the Ombudsmen system for the better.

Discusses the issue engaged in the courts and the Local Government Ombudsmen (LGO) in England. Payment for the aftercare of patients formally detained under the Mental Health Act 1983; Complaints regarding the adoption of evasive tactics by local authorities; Initiative of the LGO to issue special reports providing further advice and recommendations; Demonstration of the crucial monitoring and advisory role by the ombudsmen.