Court Technology News

Court technology is becoming more sophisticated and here are two recent developments. Supreme Court Online The first news relates to the introduction of the online video of Supreme Court hearings. Recordings of hearings will be available to view online the next day...

Small Claims Rules To Be Simplified?

Small claims rules follow the same court rules as higher value claims, with a small number of modifications. The Civil Procedure Rules which apply to civil claims are found here. It takes quite some time to get familiar with them. Even then, there is specific case law...

Small Claims Court Judges – An Unhappy Lot

Small claims court judges, form part of the recent UK Judicial Attitude Survey 2014. 90% of all salaried Judges in England & Wales responded to the survey, so the results cannot be ignored. You can read the full results here. The statistics show that Judges are...

Online Dispute Resolution

  Online dispute resolution is being proposed in a radical new report by the Civil Justice Council. They are not talking about tinkering with the existing money claims online. They suggest a largely automated process with very little involvement of court...

Legal Aid Cuts Are Not Saving Costs As Hoped

Legal aid cuts were intended to save public money. However, the reduced availability of legal aid funding is putting pressure on the court system as many people dealing with civil claims are having to struggle on without help or representation, because they cannot...