The courts and tribunals modernisation programme is to end a year later than originally planned. HM Courts & Tribunals Service confirmed this week that the £1bn programme will now finish in 2023 to 'allow more time to develop some of the shared systems that sit behind our next set of online services'. So far, progress has included a pilot of fully-video hearings in the tax tribunals; a national system to digitally record the result of court cases; a civil money claims service with more than 51,000 claims made since its launch in March 2018; and online divorce and probate services.
06 March 2019
Modernisation programme extended
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
Copyright © 2026 LexisNexis
