That ‘attempts to digitise county court had proved “massively difficult” because nobody involved had “started from an understanding of all the multifarious, different, disparate kinds of cases we do”‘ comes as no surprise. I recall many years ago being present at a conversation with someone who was engaged in a MoJ project to look at appointing District Judges from outside the pool of qualified solicitors and barristers.
He explained how they were working on several “models” including the possible appointment of lay people. “How many visits to a county court have you made to see what District judges do?” he was asked. “Oh none, he replied”.
That ‘attempts to digitise county court had proved “massively difficult” because nobody involved had “started from an understanding of all the multifarious, different, disparate kinds of cases we do”‘ comes as no surprise. I recall many years ago being present at a conversation with someone who was engaged in a MoJ project to look at appointing District Judges from outside the pool of qualified solicitors and barristers.
He explained how they were working on several “models” including the possible appointment of lay people. “How many visits to a county court have you made to see what District judges do?” he was asked. “Oh none, he replied”.