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Guidance: HMCTS weekly operational summary

Hm Courts Tribunals Service

October 13
15:45 2023

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HMCTS operational summary for week commencing Monday 16 October 2023

The next weekly operational summary will be issued on Friday 20 October 2023.

General

  • Update: Deputy CEO Paul Harris addressed the Civil Court Users Association (CCUA) annual conference this week. He highlighted the importance of working with organisations like the CCUA to continue the vital work of modernising the justice system and delivering improved services.
  • Update: We have taken the decision to temporarily close Hull Combined Court until Tuesday 17October 2023, while work continues to treat the entire building after fleas were found in some areas earlier in the week. Any hearings impacted will be re-scheduled at the earliest opportunity.
  • Reminder: Weve jointly published a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which formalises the shared risk and responsibility between HMCTS and HMPPS during the virtual custody of prisoners involved in remote hearings on the Video Hearing Service. It also covers preceding private consultations with legal representatives.
  • Reminder: HMCTS use Cloud Video Platform (CVP) and the Video Hearings Service to facilitate remote hearings. If you receive a letter confirming that your hearing will take place on the Video Hearings Service an email will follow with more information and your log in details. Please read and follow the guidance, including to sign into your hearing 30 minutes before its due to begin to ensure that you are able to access the service.

Crime

  • Update: Courtrooms 6 and 7 at Willesden Magistrates Court have been adapted to hear jury trials from Harrow Crown Court, which is temporarily closed after Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) was found during improvement works. Listing begins on Monday 16 October 2023.The cases that are currently listed in courts 6 and 7 will move to other rooms at the site, while traffic cases will move to Ealing Magistrates Court.

Open days

  • Reminder: Reading Crown Court is holding an open day on Saturday 14 October 2023 from 10am to 2:30pm. All ages are welcome, and visitors will be able to sit in on mock trials, ask questions to judges, tour the courtrooms and cells, have their fingerprints taken for fun and much more. The event will offer a unique insight into the hard work that goes on behind the scenes and provide the local community with an understanding of the inner workings of the criminal court. For any questions or queries, please contact:enquiries.reading.crowncourt@justice.gov.uk.

Common Platform

  • Update: Over 500,000 cases have now been accepted onto Common Platform following on from the platform going live in all magistrates and Crown Courts in England and Wales. Nick Goodwin,HMCTSChief Executive said This achievement is a real testament to the hard work and unfailing dedication of our colleagues and partners in every region.

  • Reminder: Legal professionals can join one of our regularonline 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.For details on using Common Platform, watch our videos onhow to use Common Platformandaccount registration and security. You can alsoread our how-to guides. Book a Common Platform support session

Civil

  • Update: To align with legislative changes introduced into the civil jurisdiction, since Sunday 1 October, legal professionals using the Online Civil Money Claims and Damages Claims systems will have seen additional questions added to the digital directions questionnaires. The questions relate to the appropriate banding for the case as part of the fixed recoverable costs regime. To use these new features, legal professionals must beregistered on MyHMCTS.

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