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An independent adjudicator is an authorized judge in the United Kingdom who has the power to make binding decisions in a particular field. The mechanism is designed to represent the interests of groups which would otherwise have gone unrepresented, such as students with a complaint against their university.
In a report commissioned by the OIA, titled Student Satisfaction with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education, [10] said "in all, the predominant emotions felt by students at the end of the OIA process are highly negative, and very similar to those felt by students at the end of the HEI process that led them to the OIA." [10]
Inside each box is a sum of money, ranging from 1p to £100,000. During the Channel 4 era, the highest prize was £250,000, with a couple of specials having £500,000 instead. All the boxes are sealed by an independent adjudicator, who is the only person to know the value inside each box.
Sir Robert Fredrick Behrens CBE (born 19 January 1952) was the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman from 6 April 2017 to 27 March 2024. He has previously worked as the Chief Executive and Independent Adjudicator for the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA) and as the Complaints Commissioner for the Bar Standards Board.
The organisation, which was originally part of the Sporting Life's Green Seal service, was formerly known as the Independent Betting Arbitration Service. [2] The Service dropped Arbitration from its name in 2007, opting instead to use Adjudication to better reflect its role after the enactment of the 2005 Gambling Act. [3]
Office of Fair Trading adjudicators hears representations made by consumer credit licence applicants or holders against a notice that the OFT is minded to refuse, revoke or suspend their licence, [21] and also from estate agents who have been notified that the OFT is considering issuing a warning or prohibition order against them. [22]
The report into the prison disturbances of 1990 led to the creation of an independent adjudicator for prisoner complaints. The report identified a lack of an independent point of appeal as one of the causes for the disturbances and recommended that an independent arbiter be appointed who would consider applications from complainants who had not achieved satisfaction through the internal ...
The Act does not define "adjudication" or an "adjudicator", but an adjudicator's obligation is to act "impartially" (section 108(2)(e)). The parties can agree between themselves who will undertake the adjudication, but where they cannot agree, either party may ask an Adjudicator Nominating Body (ANB) to appoint one. [10]