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The Complaints Panel considers complaints by the public against decisions taken by Ministers or civil servants within Departments in Jersey. Cases are generally only accepted when the internal complaints process within a department has been exhausted. The members of the Complaints Panel are not politicians or civil servants and are all completely independent.  They give their services on a completely voluntary basis.  If any member of the Panel, has a conflict of interest, they will not take part in a hearing.  In that way, the public can be sure that the consideration of a complaint is completely unbiased and impartial. The work of the Complaints Panel mirrors that of an Ombudsman and is of great value to the Island, but has no cost to the taxpayer. 

The Dispute Service Ltd, established in 2003, is a not-for-profit company which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), a government-approved provider of Insured and free Custodial tenancy deposit protection. Currently protecting over 1.8 million deposits across England and Wales, TDS offers a free alternative dispute resolution service to help resolve any disputes that may arise between landlords, agents and tenants, by agreement or via a professional and impartial adjudicator. All TDS adjudicators are members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. TDS provides key services to SafeDeposits Scotland and is the parent company of TDS Northern Ireland (TDSNI).  The Dispute Service Ltd also operates TDS Resolution, a service to help tenants and landlords avoid the need to go to court where the tenant has fallen into rent arrears and provides an alternative dispute resolution service for Zero Deposit, a deposit free renting solution. 

The Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner provides an independent assessment of complaints against the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Payment Systems Regulator, and the Bank of England's oversight of the banking clearing houses and payment settlement schemes.

The Independent Football Ombudsman was established by the English Football Authorities (The Football Association, The Premier League and The Football League) with the agreement of the Government. The IFO’s remit is to investigate  and adjudicate complaints which have not been resolved at an earlier stage and  the IFO acts as the final stage in football's complaints procedure. The IFO is an Approved Alternative Disputes Resolution Body under the 2015 Consumer Disputes Regulations 

Comisiynydd y Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Commissioner) works to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language. By doing so we are contributing to realising our vision of a Wales where people can live their life in Welsh. In actively promoting and facilitating the use of the Welsh language, the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 states that we must focus on increasing Welsh medium services and their use, and other opportunities for people to use the Welsh language. The Measure allows us to do a number of things to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language, including the imposition and enforcement of duties through the Welsh language standards.