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Standards for tribunals
The Council has a statutory role to "keep under review the constitution and working of tribunals".
The Council published a Framework of Standards for Tribunals in November 2002. This sets out, for the benefit of all the tribunals overseen by the Council, the issues we are concerned with in fulfilling our role. The purpose of the framework is to:
- provide a useful template for the Council to use when it is considering the constitution and working of tribunals and when providing feedback to tribunals;
- make more transparent to tribunals and Government departments the Council's priorities and concerns;
- provide a tool for Government and tribunals themselves to assist them in reviewing their performance;
- provide guidance for new tribunals;
- promote best practice.
Overseeing tribunal performance against the standards
In keeping tribunals under review the Council aims to provide advice, to promote good practice and to highlight problems. The Council hopes that its framework of standards will help it in fulfilling these aims, and will provide tribunals with clear guidance on the Council's expectations and priorities.
The Council does not have the resources systematically to monitor the day-to-day performance of all tribunals, and in any event sees this as the responsibility of others, particularly tribunals themselves. The Council expects all tribunals to have their own performance and service standards in place, together with mechanisms to monitor these.
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