‘At the end of term, the High Court handed down judgment in a challenging case, whose solution lay in the application of a much-forgotten 53-year-old judgment of the “pirate-like” Sir Jocelyn Simon P to seemingly irresolvable issues caused by errors in the digitalisation of the divorce process.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 6th January 2025
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
‘Mr Justice Fordham delivered a speech as part of the Hart 18th Annual Judicial Review Conference on Friday 6 December 2024.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 6th December 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘In 2018, Sir Ernest Ryder warned that the future shift to online dispute resolution for most, and in some areas all disputes, risks eroding judicial accountability and fostering a democratic deficit. The pandemic, the £1.3 billion court modernisation program and six years later, the future of resolving the majority of disputes online appears to be much closer. The implementation of a truly holistic Digital Justice System – an integrated system of online advice services, online public and private out-of-court dispute resolution services (mediation and arbitration portals, ombuds services) and online courts – can make this future a reality.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 3rd October 2024
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The High Court did not “receive” a claim form that was not properly e-filed by a litigant in person (LiP) wanting to sue her former solicitors, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 2nd September 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Two recent decisions of the UK Pensions Ombudsman (PO) place the onus on the scheme member to use providers’ online systems correctly and to switch to alternative means of communication when those systems are unavailable.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Future of Courts: Expert Panel and Discussion.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 15th May 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has rejected all but some technical changes to the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal put forward by both claimant and defendant representatives.’
Legal Futures, 19th March 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The pandemic measure to allow video witnessing of wills came to an end last week, after the government decided not to extend it beyond 31 January.’
Legal Futures, 6th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The period between a liability decision and the insurer making a first offer is where the ever-lengthening delays in the Official Injury Claim (OIC) portal are occurring, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 30th November 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Lord Chancellor and senior judiciary have set out a “shared vision” for the future of the civil and family courts and tribunals system, including the establishment of an Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC).’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th November 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘On 5 October 2023, the Law Commission began a consultation into the use of electronic wills and the effect of a marriage or civil partnership on an existing will.’
Mills & Reeve, 12th October 2023
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘Electronic wills could become an immediate reality if parliament wishes, the Law Commission states today in its latest consultation on the topic. The commission is seeking views on whether a new Wills Act should permit paperless wills, either immediately or by allowing for them to be introduced later. It stresses that any provision for electronic wills would need to ensure that they are as secure as paper wills.’
Law Society's Gazette, 5th October 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A new Wills Act could permit electronic wills to be introduced “immediately”, rather than enabling the Lord Chancellor to introduce them by statutory instrument at some point in the future, the Law Commission has said.’
Legal Futures, 5th October 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice has been ordered to improve its systems after details of parties in an adoption process were leaked to the birth father. The data breach happened despite the court judge directing that the father be excluded from proceedings as he posed a risk to the family concerned.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th September 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘On Thursday 20 July, the Law Commission’s recommendations on electronic trade documents became law as the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 secured royal assent.’
Law Commission, 20th July 2023
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘Joseph Steadman has written an article about the signing and witnessing of documents electronically, and considers where the law has got to, where it is going and why this is relevant to pension schemes.’
Pensions Barrister, 5th July 2023
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘Under English law, what constitutes a signature is flexible. A person’s intention can determine whether they have entered into binding agreements or transactions.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th June 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Master of the Rolls has said he believes the extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) to many cases worth up to £100,000 in October is “a good thing” and “I hope it works”.’
Legal Futures, 8th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Law Society has pulled together figures from law firms, technology and business – as well as the former Senior President of Tribunals – to support a project looking at how the justice system can be made “fit for the future”.’
Legal Futures, 14th March 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The important procedural question raised in Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited v JJH Enterprises Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 1509 was this: where an appellant’s notice (AN) is filed with the Court of Appeal electronically in accordance with the Electronic Working Pilot Scheme (introduced by PD51O), should the AN be filed by 4.30pm on the last day of the permitted period, or could it be filed at any time up to midnight on that day?’
Law Society's Gazette, 3rd March 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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