(AGENPARL) - Roma, 6 Novembre 2023 - (AGENPARL) – lun 06 novembre 2023 Read our monthly overview of all things HMCTS, including Common Platform milestones, ‘Help with Fees’ expansion plans and more.
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*Issue 64 | 6 Nov 2023*
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Over 500,000 cases accepted onto Common Platform [ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/half-a-million-court-cases-accepted-onto-common-platform?utm_medium=email&utm_source=HMCTS+monthly+update ]
More than half a million cases have been accepted onto the Common Platform case management system, now live in all magistrates’ and Crown Courts in England and Wales.
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*Memorandum of Understanding with HMPPS* [ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-and-hmpps-video-hearing-service-virtual-custody-memorandum-of-understanding?utm_medium=email&utm_source=HMCTS+monthly+update ]
We’ve jointly published a Memorandum of Understanding which formalises the shared responsibility of HMCTS and HMPPS during the ‘virtual custody’ of prisoners.
Justice Select Committee’s call for evidence [ https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7968/the-use-of-prerecorded-crossexamination-under-section-28-of-the-youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=HMCTS+monthly+update ]
The committee issued a call for evidence on all aspects of the use of pre-recorded cross-examination. The response closing date is 6 December 2023.
Magistrates to record their verdicts in Single Justice cases [ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/magistrates-to-be-able-to-record-their-own-verdicts-in-single-justice-cases?utm_medium=email&utm_source=HMCTS+monthly+update ]
Magistrates will now be able to record their own verdicts in Single Justice Procedure cases and upload the results onto Common Platform.
‘Help with Fees’ expansion [ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-more-eligible-for-financial-help-with-court-fees?utm_medium=email&utm_source=HMCTS+monthly+update#:~:text=The%20income%20and%20capital%20eligibility,legal%20representatives%20to%20complete%20applications. ]
The government announced an increase in the income threshold for the ‘Help with Fees’ scheme, making thousands more eligible for financial help with court fees.
Other News
Our new blog discusses the work of the Court of Protection to help make important decisions [ https://insidehmcts.blog.gov.uk/2023/10/26/sharing-the-work-of-the-court-of-protection/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=HMCTS+monthly+update ] about financial and welfare issues for vulnerable people.
We’ve published monthly management information from August 2022 to August 2023 [ https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-management-information-august-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_source=HMCTS+monthly+update ] to understand workload volumes and timeliness in courts and tribunals.
Defence solicitors and barristers will need to check-in on Common Platform cases, before attending all hearings [ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-use-hmcts-common-platform/check-in-to-a-common-platform-hearing?utm_medium=email&utm_source=HMCTS+monthly+update ] in magistrates’ or Crown Courts .
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