Submitted on Saturday 20th March 2021
Rejected on Friday 26th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Reform the Ombudsman complaints procedure.
In short regulate the ombudsmen (OB) in line with other parts of the judiciary.
OB do not require legal training in a very complex area of law. No published regulations on maladministration. LA submissions are secret. If an OB gets it wrong the appeal process is expensive difficult. Tribunals?
“Under Article 6 of the ECHR, the right to a fair trial implies that accused & public must be able to understand the verdict. Trials decided by jury, as they do not provide reasons for their decision, therefore do not allow for this.”
An ombudsman’s is a single jury. No need to follow any law or precedent. No need to give lawful reasons, appeal is to Judicial Review.
What should happen is a structure akin to a tribunal: Rules, regulation & precedent: first tier, upper tier, appeal to JD.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about how Ombudsman, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
Ombudsman are not part of the courts, and therefore operate differently. We could accept a petition calling for the Government to reform how a particular Ombudsman or all Ombudsmen operate, but it would need to be clear what changes you wanted the Government to make.
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