Examination of Witnesses (Questions 120-121)
20 JANUARY 2004
THE HONOURABLE
MR JUSTICE
OUSELEY, MISS
KATE ESHUN
AND MR
NARESH KUMAR
Q120 Chairman: If the figures are available,
it would be interesting for us.
Sir Duncan Ouseley: If it is available,
it would be interesting. Some of them we lose sight of straight
away. We do have a system, if we realise . . . Supposing the adjudicator
has made a howler, we did not pick it up and the statutory review
court says, "This is a howler, you should have picked it
up," they do go back virtually automatically—the parties
are given a very short period of time in which to say why it should
not go back straight away to the adjudicator. So there is a handful
that will drop out of the system. Apart from that, I will inquire
if we have result-based decisions on statutory review and let
you know if I can find it.
Q121 Chairman: And maybe the time involved—because
that is another argument, of course, that there can be endless
delays.
Sir Duncan Ouseley: Yes.
Chairman: Sir Duncan, Miss Eshun, Mr
Kumar, thank you very much indeed for your help this morning.
We are very grateful.
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