About Blind Justice

Access to justice is not a single problem with a single solution.

Blind Justice UK recognises that individuals navigating the civil justice system without representation face multiple, overlapping barriers. Procedural complexity, an imbalance of information, and the practical difficulty of engaging with unfamiliar court processes interact in ways that can undermine fair and effective participation.

The charity's approach reflects this reality. Blind Justice UK operates through two connected pillars: THEMIS, our education and research pillar, and AEGIS, our digital information platform, supported by a free information and procedural guidance service for individuals without professional representation. Together, they form an integrated educational offering for litigants in person.

Blind Justice UK's research has been accepted and published as formal written evidence by the Justice Select Committee. Our audit of court administration found that 92% of court documents were missing from case files reviewed and 85% of mandatory submissions never reached the decision-maker.

Peter Kyle MP presented our research to the Lord Chancellor. Sarah Sackman, Minister for Courts, invited Blind Justice to join HMCTS stakeholder engagement groups. Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, requested and received briefings on unregulated legal advice to prisoners. Our AEGIS technology proposal is being considered by the Ministry of Justice.

The Legal Services Board has invited Blind Justice to meet with its Chief Executive to discuss our findings on SRA supervisory failures.

The HCLG Select Committee accepted our written evidence on renters' rights, leading to portfolio-wide changes by a major Build-to-Rent operator.

Our national panel series, "Is Access to Justice a Right or a Privilege?", launches at Mansfield College, Oxford on 10 November 2026 with Joshua Rozenberg confirmed as moderator. The Oxford Faculty of Law is engaged as academic partner.

Joshua Rozenberg, the UK's foremost legal journalist and commentator, has covered our research on the SRA's complaint-handling record. Our work has also been reported by the Law Society Gazette, Legal Futures, and Westminster Confidential. We currently support 37 active case files across multiple practice areas.

All of this has been achieved without external funding.

Blind Justice UK conducts evidence-based research on the practical experience of litigants in person engaging with the civil justice system in England and Wales. Research is governed by a trustee-approved neutrality policy and is intended to contribute to public understanding of how court processes work in practice.

In January 2026, Blind Justice CIC (the predecessor organisation) produced Administrative Reliability and Access to Justice: The Lived Experience of Litigants in Person in England and Wales, 2024–2026. The report was accepted as formal evidence by the House of Commons Justice Select Committee and published by Parliament. It was subsequently covered in the legal press, including Legal Futures and The Law Society Gazette.

Blind Justice UK is at an early stage of development as a charitable incorporated organisation.
 

Over the charity's first three years, its priorities are to publish plain-language guides and educational materials on court procedures for litigants in person; develop and test the AEGIS educational information platform within strict safeguards; conduct and publish neutral, trustee-approved research on the practical operation of the civil justice system; and deliver a public lecture series in partnership with a university law faculty. Each of these priorities contributes to the charity's educational purpose and to the sound administration of the law.