Judicial Review in Wales: Understanding the Low Numbers of Social Care Challenges

这项研究的总体目的是通过找出威尔士社会福利法中与诉诸司法有关的一些社会法律问题，来探索威尔士社会照顾司法审查数量较少的原因(S)。需要评估的关键问题是：-法律从业者是否对威尔士社会福利法有合理的了解，现有的法律咨询是否反映了这一点；-法律援助沙漠对威尔士社会照顾挑战的影响；-司法审查是否是应对给地方议会和/或监察员带来的挑战的更有用的方式？如果某些受保护特征的成人护理接受者之间的潜在相关性/某些受保护特征和对权利的较低了解可能会影响某些受保护特征带来的挑战的进一步减少。允许对行政决定的合法性提出质疑是公众诉诸司法的关键因素；因此，确定任何潜在的障碍，如2012年《法律援助、罪犯量刑和惩罚法》，以及任何社会正义问题，如歧视，对于确保那些最脆弱的人(可以争辩说，社会护理接受者默认属于这一类)能够行使他们的权利至关重要。归根结底，我的理解是，通过探索上述内容，可以评估他们目前这样做是否可能和是否有益。

The overall aim of this study is to explore the reason(s) behind the low numbers of judicial reviews in social care in Wales, by identifying some socio-legal issues relating to access to justice in social welfare law in Wales. The key issues to assess are:- Whether legal practitioners have a reasonable understanding of the Welsh social welfare law, and whether the legal advice available reflects this;- The impact of the legal aid deserts in Welsh social care challenges;- Could judicial review be a more useful way to tackle the challenges brought to the local Councils and/or Ombudsman?;- Whether adult care recipients in Wales have a sound understanding of their legal rights and options, and what enforcing such rights can achieve; and- If a potential correlation between adult care recipients of certain/a combination of certain protected characteristics and a lower understanding of rights could influence a further decrease in challenges brought by certain protected characteristics.Allowing challenge of the lawfulness of administrative decisions is an element that is imperative to the public's access to justice ; so to identify any potential obstacles, such as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 , and any social justice issues, such as discrimination, is crucial in order to ensure that those who are the most vulnerable (it can be argued that social care recipients fall into that category by default ) can enforce their rights. Ultimately, my understanding is that by exploring the above, it is possible to assess whether it is currently possible and beneficial for them to do so .