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28 April 2021
Categories: Legal News , Technology , Profession , Legal services , ADR
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LNB News: Court of Appeal Judge gives address on the digital future of dispute resolution

Deputy Head of Civil Justice for England and Wales, and judge of the Court of Appeal, Colin Birss, has given a speech at Fordham Intellectual Property Conference outlining his view that the future of civil justice, including court proceedings and alternative dispute resolution (ADR), lies in technology. 

Lexis®Library update: He says that this shift had begun to take place prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which then expedited the move to dispute resolution via digital means. He predicts that in five years’ time, every civil case will be started and managed online, with all legal documents being filed and served electronically, and refers to ongoing projects to develop IT systems which can facilitate ADR. Birss states that this ‘will be to the benefit of everyone’, providing ‘better access to justice’ and a ‘less costly justice system’.

Source: The online future of civil justice Fordham IP Conference 2021 Fordham Law School, New York

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 27 April 2021 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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