Surviving plagues, pestilence and pandemics: overcoming challenge in the magistrates’ courts
A blog post from Acting HMCTS CEO Kevin Sadler, who talks about the challenges magistrates' courts have faced due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Court and tribunal reform
Building confidence in using the Cloud Video Platform for hearings
[English] - [Cymraeg] Many of us who work in the justice system have witnessed at first-hand the widespread and fast-paced changes to our ways of working over the last few months, as we have all had to respond to the …
Protecting the vulnerable with s.28
A blog about the impact of s.28 measures on victims and witnesses, including children, and plans for a national rollout by the end of the year.
Mediation: Resolving small claim disputes without going to court
A blog post from Jason Haines, a Mediator, discussing what the Small Claims Mediation Service is and its benefits.
User research and insight during COVID-19
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Luc Altmann, Head of Insight, Posted on:
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Civil, Court and tribunal reform, Crime, Family, Training and support
[English] - [Cymraeg] The Insight and User Research team is dedicated to using evidence to help make decisions across HMCTS. I want to tell you how we’ve been doing that over the last few months of the pandemic. The health …
A better service for Immigration and Asylum Tribunal users
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Daniel Flury, Operations Director, Posted on:
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Court and tribunal reform, Digital services, Tribunals
A blog post from Daniel Flury, Deputy Director, Tribunals on work to transform the First-tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal.
Recovery in the Crown Court
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Susan Acland-Hood, Posted on:
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Civil, Court and tribunal reform, Crime, Digital services, Family, Tribunals
Susan Acland-Hood talks about our recovery plan with a focus on the Crown Court – which is where we have some of our most significant challenges, because of the difficulty of doing jury trials with social distancing.
Coronavirus: recovering in our courts and tribunals
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Susan Acland-Hood, Posted on:
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Civil, Court and tribunal reform, Crime, Family, Tribunals
Susan sets out the steps being taken by HMCTS in shifting focus from the emergency response to one of operational recovery in our courts and tribunals.
Enabling criminal hearings on video during coronavirus
John Rigg talks about his work on the rollout of the cloud video platform videoconferencing system to Crown and magistrates’ courts.
Maintaining professional users’ access to courts during the pandemic
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Craig Robb, Posted on:
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Civil, Court and tribunal reform, Crime, Family, Tribunals, Working at HMCTS
Craig Robb talks about how HMCTS is safely moving back towards fully re-opening our justice system and how the introduction of a range of enhanced hygiene and safety measures for court users and staff provides the confidence to be able to continue, or return, to work.
