David Greene looks to what the future holds for the UK court system
Summer is upon us and a break from the constant flow of political change over the past few months. The newspapers can return to the summer nonsense and of course the sport. Break out the summer books. Mine started early, with Dengue Fever enforcing a break. Time enough for optimism and a fresh look after the feverish turmoil of Brexit and then Briggs.
Briggs starts his Final Report by warning readers to read it with his Interim Report. The former is not simply a restatement of the latter. It’s much to take in. It is wide-ranging covering a disparate group of questions on civil justice from the place of employment tribunals in the court system to enforcement of civil judgments.
The way of the future
The core remains, however, the proposal for the Online Court, about which we are all pleased to learn Richard Susskind is the “happiest man in England”. Briggs tells us that he does not like the name Online