HMCTS Court Reform
How the global pandemic is building an Australian court system for the future
Published 05/06/2020
The Grata Fund have produced a new report discussing how COVID-19 has forced Australian courts into various stages of closure and adoption of new technologies. While these changes have created some issues, they have also seen technological adaptations that without a pandemic could have taken years, heralding new opportunities and new risks for access to justice.
New ‘Know how’ resource: Court and tribunal hearings and COVID -19
Published 03/04/2020
Law for Life have just created an Advicenow 'know-how' linking to guidance that is out so far on video hearings.
Launch of Remote Courts Worldwide
Published 30/03/2020
The Society for Computers and Law has joined with HMCTS and the Tech Nation, LawTech Delivery Panel to establish Remote Courts Worldwide, a global initiative to help public court services cope with coronavirus and support the development of remote alternatives to traditional court hearings
A message from the CEO of HMCTS
Published 27/03/2020
A message from the CEO of HMCTS on the temporary changes to the way in which courts and tribunals will operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New report - Devolution of justice in Wales?
Published 06/11/2019
New 556 page report by Commision on Justice in Wales has made 78 recommendations for reform, concluding that that Wales should take over control of both policy and funding from Westminster. Recommendations include: A new justice department of the Welsh government led by a cabinet minister, a Welsh High Court and Court of Appeal, and a criminal legal aid system run on ’Nordic’ public defender lines.
Questions about court reform? This report has (most of) the answers
Published 28/02/2019
The Legal Education Foundation has published a comprehensive and insightful report by leading legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg QC on the court reform programme, from origins to implementation.
Digital architecture, digital evidence and digital ledgers - the latest updates from HMCTS
Published 03/09/2018
There's a very clear focus point in the latest updates given by HMCTS Digital Architecture and Cyber Security team.
Reform without rules is putting litigants in danger
Published 10/08/2018
A fraudster used multiple callers, purportedly calling from court and eventually impersonated a judge via conference call, to extort around £79,000 of his victim who he threatened with imprisonment for contempt of court.
Delay on Bill which could increase number of litigants in person
Published 02/08/2018
The Civil Liability Bill will introduce reduced rates for damages. It will also be accompanied by an increase in the small claims limit resulting in fewer claimants being represented. The progress of this legislation looks set to be halted until September at the earliest.
Request from HMCTS for user participation in research - civil, family and tribunals
Published 31/07/2018
Following on from focus group research earlier this year, HMCTS is starting to design a way for legal practitioners to interact digitally with HMCTS when: issuing new process; sending and receiving case documentation and evidence; needing to view the progress of cases; and paying fees.
HMCTS update on delivering Assisted Digital
Published 29/06/2018
As part of HMCTS court reform process more and more services are moving to online systems. To help people navigate and use these new online tool "Assisted Digital" has been designed to support users of the system. HMCTS have now provided an update on the progress of Assisted Digital design.
