The present O ur progress to date Fiona Rutherford October 2016
An ambitious change programme 50% 7 years 75% 100% 15 years 6 years
Just, accessible, proportionate Just – decisions and outcomes are fair, the process is free of bias, like cases are treated alike, no types of users are disadvantaged, all litigants are able to state and defend their cases, and the workings of courts and tribunals are transparent. Accessible – the system is intelligible and available for use by all, convenient for those who cannot easily attend in person, and supportive of those not comfortable with the law or technology. Proportionate – the cost, speed, complexity, and degree of combativeness make sense and are appropriate to the nature and value of the dispute at issue. 3
HMCTS reform is based on three ideas Get things out of the court room that don’t need to be there – the divorce application that could be made and managed online, the minor traffic offence. Only apply the full force of judge and courtroom for very complex and sensitive issues – not preliminary hearings to agree process, or minor crimes. Strip away unnecessary hearings, paper forms and duplication – largely by moving to digital working but also new working practices. 4
What this means in the criminal courts
The Common Platform You can find out more about the objectives of this programme here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGyOw9HqGDc&fe ature=em-share_video_user
Charge to IDPC https://commonplatform.wistia.com/medias/zr4o3qyczn
Other developments in the criminal courts Digital working Wi-fi for professional court users iPads for magistrates with access to vital resources £ New online rota service for magistrates Digital resulting system for magistrates’ courts in pilot Digital case system reducing paper in the Crown Courts 9
Paper saved in the Crown Courts 18,000,000 16,000,000 14,000,000 Pages of paper on DCS 12,000,000 10,000,000 Pages Linear (Pages) 8,000,000 One Canada Square St Mary’s 240m 6,000,000 Axe World Trade The Shard 180m Centre 310m Big Ben 540m 4,000,000 96m 2,000,000 0 10-Mar-16 10-Apr-16 10-May-16 10-Jun-16 10-Jul-16 10-Aug-16 10-Sep-16 10-Oct-16 10-Nov-16 Note - 80 GSM A4 Copying Paper = 0.05mm
His Honour Judge Levett: Digital Case System You can register and enter the training site here: https://ccdcstraining.caselines.co.uk/ 11
Modernising civil, family and tribunals
Complex processes 40 – 75% failure demand
Help with Fees
From this…
…to this (divorce) 16
…and this (probate) 17
Elsewhere in civil, family and tribunals Wi-Fi installed in CFT spaces in 45 Combined Courts. Centralised the handling of key enforcement orders for civil cases in Salford Piloted extended sitting day for civil cases in the Midlands – with reduced waiting times and positive feedback from court. New IT infrastructure delivered in the Rolls Building for all jurisdictions enabling the courts to work digitally. Continuous online hearing being tested in the Traffic Penalty Tribunals
Cross-jurisdictional developments Case officers Virtual hearings Estates and the ‘court of the future’
Engagement Wider Judiciary Legal Professional Engagement Criminal Justice Partners - Criminal Justice Working Group - Senior Judicial Steering Group - 4 jurisdictionally split Professional CPS, Policing (incl: National Police Crime Engagement Groups for Crime, Commissioners, Association of Police Constables), - Judicial Engagement Groups (JEGS) Civil, Family and Tribunals meet Home Office (including Digital First Programme), For Crime, Civil, Family, Tribunal and quarterly (leads for these NOMS (National Probation Service and Prison specialist groups looking at Case groups to be circulated in a Reform), AGO and the Legal Aid Agency Officers and Virtual Hearings forthcoming edition of BarTalk) Other Government - Magistrates’ Engagement Group - From these ‘ ProfEGs ’ sub -groups Departments (OGD) (MEG) are being formed to assist with - Official meetings specific modernisation projects - Project level engagement - Local Leadership Groups (LLG) For - OGD Engagement Group the Judiciary and HMCTS staff - Regular meetings with Bar (soon to be established) Council, Law Society, CILEx - Project Level Engagement – outside of groups and other key User Groups - Judicial leads embedded within representative bodies - Litigants in Person Engagement Group projects ( membership includes: CAB, Corum, Advice UK ) - Legal professionals are assisting - Equalities Engagement Group ( currently being - Conferences with Professional User Research: established ) to represent most vulnerable users; will Eg NBCF, Resident Judges Conference, e.g. Court of the Future and include: Age UK, Mind, Stonewall, Race Equality Judicial Leadership Conference Online Civil Money Claims Foundation projects
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