Jeffrey Wale wonders about the future of open justice as the civil justice digitisation process rolls on
- With the digital claims portal going into its second year, the MoJ is now looking at how far open justice can be applied to the platform.
- The benefits and setbacks of further digitisation of civil court processes must be examined further, in order to avoid limiting access to justice for technology-disadvantaged parties.
- Further consultations and stakeholder engagement are needed in order to get a full understanding of what is needed regarding open justice and how technology can play a part.
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has tackled the issue of pre-action protocols (PAPs), in its latest report, published in August, CJC review of pre-action protocols: final report part I.
In the report, the CJC working group recommends that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) examine the feasibility of developing a general PAP which is limited to the main PAP steps, but which can be linked to relevant existing online general claims portals. The aim is to improve the
