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03 November 2023 / Jeffrey Wale
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Civil claims & open justice in the digital sphere

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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

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