From time to time I have been able to point people towards really helpful websites when they are struggling to find good sources of reliable information about their rights, or about the rights of those they are trying to help. Continue reading “The new AdviceLocal postcode tool”
Category: IT AND THE LAW
The Online Court Hackathon
The Lord Chief Justice at the Hackathon
Today I joined the Online Court Hackathon, master-minded by my friend Richard Susskind, for its final hour. Continue reading “The Online Court Hackathon”
President Trump and the Courts: the advantages of transparency
With the increasing tendency of certain politicians and journalists to disparage the integrity of the courts, and in particular the independence of the judiciary, there is a growing need to make what happens in court more and more transparent for the benefit both of the media and the general public. Continue reading “President Trump and the Courts: the advantages of transparency”
The Digital Court System – the future has arrived
First, a few milestones from the past: Continue reading “The Digital Court System – the future has arrived”
Sufficient Resources for the Courts and the Judiciary
Readers of my blogs will have seen my continuing interest in developments of applied I.T. in the court system, and in much greater collaboration between judges, senior court managers and Government in developing affordable judicial services in a time of ever-quickening change. Continue reading “Sufficient Resources for the Courts and the Judiciary”
IT and the Courts: Treasury inertia for 15 years
The Rt Hon Liz Truss, Lord Chancellor, September 2016:
“We live in a society where you can apply for a mortgage or a job online, you can do your weekly shop from your home, plan holidays, weddings and parties on the internet. It’s high time our courts caught up.” Continue reading “IT and the Courts: Treasury inertia for 15 years”
Judge John Tanzer retires: his massive contribution to Judicial I.T.
Judge John Tanzer, lately a Circuit Judge based at Croydon Crown Court (where I sat 30 years ago as a Crown Court Recorder), retires today. Continue reading “Judge John Tanzer retires: his massive contribution to Judicial I.T.”
Standardising Judgments in the Royal Courts of Justice, 1997
In the Fourth Annual BAILII Lecture last night, the Lord Chief Justice was good enough Continue reading “Standardising Judgments in the Royal Courts of Justice, 1997”
A Future Online Civil Court: (3) Six questions to answer
In Chapter 6 of his report Sir Michael Briggs poses six main questions: Continue reading “A Future Online Civil Court: (3) Six questions to answer”
A Future Online Civil Court: (2) The Concept
I don’t know how many people have more than a hazy idea of the scale of the changes that are soon to dominate our civil justice landscape. Continue reading “A Future Online Civil Court: (2) The Concept”
Henry Brooke 