Decisions, Revisions, and Supersessions: 'Appealability' in the ECHR Article 6 Era

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Evaluates the impact of the ECHR, especially article 6 (including the right to a fair trial of civil matters), on appeals and review in the Social Security system.Given the limited coverage of the welfare system, especially in the area of community care law and jurisdictions where no appeal is permitted, it is unlikely that the present regime is article 6 compliant. This makes a number of key areas inaccessible to many users of the system - an issue that on-going reforms to the appeals system may hopefully address.