The Lord Chancellor, Lady Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls, senior judiciary and representatives of the Ministry of Justice have set out their shared vision for greater digitisation within the civil justice system, including the online provision of pre-proceedings information and dispute resolution
Speaking at a launch event last week, the Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk said the aim was to ‘enable people to resolve their problems earlier and at less cost, for example through mediation or online dispute resolution’.
The Online Procedure Rules Committee (OPRC) will ‘provide governance and develop data standards for the system’. The OPRC, which was established in June and currently consists of six members, aims to appoint ten members to two sub-committees, the data and technology committee and the governance, rules and liaison committee.
Applications close on 15 December 2023.
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