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Humanising the Justice System

Susan Acland-Hood, 1 December 2018 - Civil, Court and tribunal reform, Crime, Digital services, Family, Tribunals, User experience and research

A blog post from Susan Acland-Hood in which she talks about HMCTS co-hosting (with the Society for Computers and Law) the first international forum on online courts. The event will run over two days, and will provide an opportunity to showcase the cutting edge of digital reform from jurisdictions around the world.

Summary Justice – speeding up and simplifying the system

Mike Logan, 28 November 2018 - Crime, Digital services

A blog post from Mike Logan on Single Justice Service and our plans to improve summary justice. Mike talks about how summary justice involves less serious offences where there is no right to a jury trial.

Video hearings put to the test

Susan Acland-Hood, 13 September 2018 - Civil, Court and tribunal reform, Crime, Digital services, Family, Tribunals, User experience and research

A blog post from Susan Acland-Hood that talk about the results of the independent process evaluation into the video hearing pilot. The pilot has been testing user experiences - of the appellant, judges and officials in HMRC – of those participating in a real hearing in a tax tribunal.

Digital Architecture at the core of Reform

Balaji Anbil, 21 August 2018 - Court and tribunal reform, Digital services, Working at HMCTS

A blog post from Balaji Anbil, Head of the Digital Architecture and Cyber Security team at HMCTS. Balaji talks about how his Digital Architecture team will bring a common framework to support the Reform programme in developing citizen-centric, sustainable, and resilient digital services to meet the needs of courts users.

Direct entrance to courts and tribunals buildings

Susan Acland-Hood, 9 August 2018 - Civil, Court and tribunal reform, Crime, Family, Tribunals, Working at HMCTS

A blog post from Susan Acland-Hood, confirming HMCTS will begin the ‘Professional Entry Scheme’ pilot intending to ease queues to get into court buildings and allow easier and swifter court access for legal professionals.

Realising the potential for video hearings

Kevin Sadler, 30 July 2018 - Civil, Court and tribunal reform, Crime, Digital services, Family, General, Tribunals

Since March 2018, we have been piloting the use of fully video hearings in the tax tribunal, and using this to understand better how we can introduce this more widely as part of a more accessible and efficient service. Our latest blog explores video hearings in more detail.

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Humanising the Justice System

Summary Justice – speeding up and simplifying the system

Video hearings put to the test

Digital Architecture at the core of Reform

Direct entrance to courts and tribunals buildings

Realising the potential for video hearings

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