Crossing the Cultural Divide – Access to Justice for Ethnic Minority Communities
Penny RoyTurnstone Research
Karen SaundersResearch Group Head, COI
INTRODUCTION
This paper discusses a recent research project undertaken by Turnstone Research and Consultancy commissioned by the COI on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA). The research explored knowledge, attitudes and awareness of the civil justice system among British ethnic minority communities, and identified the barriers to accessing justice among these groups.
There are three key areas where we believe the project has relevance beyond the specific objectives of this study:
We engaged a broad cross-section...