As the research progressed, it became apparent that a key question was to learn more about how these non-financial considerations become known to the key actors involved in the possession process, and in particular the judge. We therefore decided to conduct surveys to obtain detailed information about case management and the legal process of possession including the amount of advice and support available to defendants at court premises through surveys of court delivery managers and of housing possession court duty schemes.
Read the full report published in April 2014
Following this we have conducted a pilot study of judicial decision-making through a review of court records and audio of possession cases.
Read our report from this pilot