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Court Helpdesk
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Innovative Court Technology
Dr. Dory Reiling mag. iur.
Netherlands
Introduction
• Dory Reiling• Judge, 1st instance court in Amsterdam• Dutch judiciary information manager• Senior judicial reform expert World Bank• PhD on Tech support for judicial reform• Chair, knowledge systems user group • www.doryreiling.com• www.doryreiling.blogspot.com • @doryontour
Innovative Court Technology
• Evidence: technology in courts in Europe
• Court innovation
• Innovation with technology in courts
• My favorite innovation
CCJE survey 1 Practical court work
Judges
• write increasingly on computers
• About half use models, templates
• Some use voice recognition
Majority of courts
• monitor length
• keep statistics on individual judges
CCJE survey2 E-access to courts
• Some E-filing in half the member countries
• E-filing legislation in more than half
• Requirements vary
• Practice is low
• Except in Austria
State of IT innovation in courts in Europe
• Files are still paper • E-filing practice is low - except in Austria • Electronic files are mostly still
experimental • And so are electronic signatures• IT in oral hearings is low• Web services are the next frontier
CCJE survey 3 Reality check
IT and Court Innovation
• Hard to discuss between judges and management
• Individual cases
• Looking back
• A model that works
Outcome unpredictable?- +
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2 notarial 3 settlement
4 judgment
Party relation
Cases are Different...
Outcome unpredictable?- +
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1 title
2 notarial 3 settlement
4 judgment
Party relation
...But they have things in common
1 title
Outcome unpredictable?- +
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2 notarial
35 %
30 % 9 %
8 %
Party relation
Distribution across case load
4 judgment
3 settlement
Source: NL Judicial Council statistics 2002-2007
1 title
Outcome unpredictable?- +
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2 notarial
35 %
30 % 9 %
8 %
Party relation
Interventions
4 judgment
3 settlement
Source: NL Judicial Council statistics
1 title
Outcome unpredictable?- +
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2 notarialParty
relation
Interventions for each group
4 judgment
3 settlementCase filingWeb guidance Negotiation software
Case filingElectronic filesKnowledge management
Case filingAutomated case processingWeb guidance
Case filingAutomated case processing
Most popular among judges: legal information on line
Traditional• National legislation• European legislation• National case law• International case
law • Law review articles
Innovative• LII’s • Court decision e-
archive• Wiki Juridica• Integration with
education• European Case Law
Identifier (ECLI)
Traditional legal information market
Legislator JudiciaryProducers
EducationJudiciaryLegal practiceConsumers
Publishers
Scholars
Legislator
ProducersAnd Consumers
Education
Judiciary
Legal practice Publishers
Scholars
Legal information market Innovation
Web services
Increasing interactivity1. Information service2. Downloadable forms3. Form e-filing4. Transaction5. Automation
Source: EU Benchmark for e-government
Claimant PC
Web service Central Database
XML transfer
Print/mail system
Printed claims
Defendant responds
Admit/offeror pay
Defend or further help
Court Helpdesk
Served by post
(Online defencesfrom 9.12.02)
My Favorite Innovation
Money Claim Online
TransactionInformation serviceFastAccess for new groups
Resources
• Int. Journal for Court Administration
Vol. 3 no. 2 January 2011
Vol. 4 no. 2 June 2012
• www.coe.int/ccje
• www.coe.int/cepej
• www.moneyclaim.gov.uk
• www.doryreiling.com