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Customer experience and research

Improving accessibility in our courts and tribunals

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Mike Williams, Deputy Director of Service Excellence at HMCTS, writes about how we are improving court accessibility and supporting people who have disabilities or require reasonable adjustments.

Benefits of international collaboration on modernising justice systems

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Last week’s attendance at United Nations (UN) and Council of Europe events provided a global platform for HMCTS to share knowledge, challenges and learning from countries with shared ambitions for modernising justice systems.

Developing a user research community to improve our digital services

Find out how our user research team work together to share best practice and help teams to design and deliver user-centred services. This is the fourth and final blog post in a series from our user-centred design team on how we ensure we design services with the user at the forefront.

Improving access to justice by encouraging early engagement with legal representation

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A poster with the UK Government crest saying: Know what do next? Ask for legal advice and support from a solicitor. You can find a solicitor on GOV.UK www.gov.uk/find-a-legal-adviser

Read about our joint behavioural pilot with police forces in Norfolk and Suffolk, where we’re promoting early engagement with legal representation in police custody.

Supporting vulnerable users during COVID-19 and beyond

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Coming to court can be a daunting experience for anyone, but it can be an even bigger challenge for the most vulnerable in our society, especially during the exceptional circumstances we’ve experienced through COVID-19. Our Vulnerability Action Plan details the measures we’ve taken during COVID-19 and what we’ll be doing in the future.

Collaborating is key to enhancing probate users’ experience of using MyHMCTS

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When someone close to us dies, applying for probate can be a daunting prospect at a difficult time and we know that a bad experience can add to an already stressful and sensitive situation. Since October 2019 over 60,000 applications …