(AGENPARL) – dom 23 luglio 2023 Hear from CEO Nick Goodwin, how CTSCs are helping our users and the latest courts to go live with Common Platform []
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[General]
HMCTS Reform Evaluation: Rapid Evidence Assessments
The Ministry of Justice published a report to present the findings from four Rapid Evidence Assessments conducted as part of its overarching evaluation of our Reform Programme.
People, progress and purpose in the criminal courts
HMCTS CEO, Nick Goodwin, provides an update on the progress and performance within the criminal courts.
How Court and Tribunal Service Centres (CTSC) are helping to modernise justice
Reminder: ‘Open Justice – the way forward’ – MOJ call for evidence
The Ministry of Justice has published a call for evidence, titled ‘Open Justice – the way forward’, covering a wide range of themes surrounding the openness and transparency of our justice system. This includes court listings, physical and remote access to court proceedings, broadcasting, the publication of judgments, access to court documents and the access and reuse of court data.
You can have your say now, and the evidence gathered will be used to inform the department’s future policy thinking and service development in this area.
The call for evidence will close on Thursday 7 September.
Reminder: Have your say on our communications
Our 2023 Communications and Engagement Survey is still open. We want to find out what you think about the way we communicate and engage with you. This will help us understand how you access our information, what works well now and how we can improve. The survey will close on 31 July 2023 and should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete.
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[Crime]
Single Justice Service
Essex Police using Common Platform for Single Justice Procedure traffic cases
Essex Police are now using Common Platform to prosecute traffic cases through the Single Justice Procedure. The procedure is already available for police forces across England and Wales, with the majority of cases handled through our legacy system Libra and defendants able to plea online via the ‘Make a Plea’ platform.
As part of our plans to create a more efficient and streamlined justice service, these cases have now moved to Common Platform. The service allows defendants of low level, summary only, non-imprisonable offences such as speeding or driving without insurance to enter a plea online. Cases are then reviewed by a single magistrate, aided by a legal adviser.
Common Platform
London criminal courts
– Barkingside Magistrates’ Court
– Romford Magistrates’ Court
– Snaresbrook Crown Court
– Stratford Magistrates’ Court
– Thames Magistrates’ Court
Get help with using Common Platform
Legal professionals can join one of our regular online support sessions to get help with:
– activating or logging into your account
– accessing case information
– checking in for a hearing
– any other aspect of Common Platform
Sessions take place on ? Tuesdays at ? 4:30pm and ? Thursdays at ? 9am.
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[Family]
New payment method for probate applications
We are now accepting payment for probate applications by credit or debit card. MyHMCTS will update to show successful payment and email notifications to confirm payment by card will be sent. The MyHMCTS dashboard will update to confirm payment as usual.
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[Tribunals]
Reminder: Get a refund for tribunal fees
People who paid fees at an employment tribunal or employment appeals tribunal between 29 July 2013 and 26 July 2017 could be eligible for a refund. Since the Government launched the refund scheme in January 2018, £18.6m has been paid out in refunds to more than 22,800 people. Use our refund information page to find out how you can apply.
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