Digital courts must still be open to public

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The judiciary is keen to stick to the principle of open and publicly visible justice as the digital revolution threatens to make the system more secretive.

Lord Justice Fulford, the senior presiding judge in England and Wales explains, “We will need to find ways in which the public can gain access to telephone, video and online hearings. I am determined that we will not throw a cloak of secrecy over our new digital, computer-aided processes, but this is going to need imagination and commitment.”

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The article was first published in The Times newspaper on 5th November 2016 and is reproduced by kind permission.