MyHMCTS users told to use Manage Cases interface log in
Professionals who use the MyHMCTS system are being asked to log on using the Manage Cases interface as opposed to using the old CCD interface. The link for this is here: https://manage-case.platform.hmcts.net/
HMCTS operational position : weekly summary updates
HMCTS have updated their operational summary for week commencing Monday 8th March 2021. -Updated: We have opened a Nightingale Court at Birmingham Maple House, which provides 4 additional courtrooms for Crown, Civil and Family work. We have also opened a Nightingale Court in Barbican, London, which provides 2 additional courtrooms for Crown Court work. -Jurors […]
HMCTS operational position : weekly summary updates
HMCTS have updated their operational summary for week commencing Monday 1st March 2021. -Updated: Next week we’re opening a Nightingale Court at Birmingham Maple House, which will provide 4 additional courtrooms for Crown, Civil and Family work. We’re also opening a Nightingale Court in Barbican, London, which will provide 2 additional courtrooms for Crown Court […]
MyHMCTS Updates: How to use online divorce services
The latest updates from MyHMCTS. HM Court and Tribunals services have updated their online divorce services with the addition of guides for Deemed and Dispensed Service Applications, Alternative Service Journey and General Applications and Responding to an Acknowledgment of Service for represented respondents. For updates click here.
MyHMCTS Updates: How to use online financial remedy services
The latest updates from MyHMCTS. How to use online financial remedy services HM Court and Tribunals services have updated their online financial remedy services by adding share a case information which includes new screens and guidance. Last month HMCTS also updated versions of Onboarding guidance (consent and contested). For updates click here.
HMCTS publishes Q&A on pandemic recovery plan
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published a Q&A document following its reform online event on which focused on its recovery plans, progress in the civil, family and tribunals jurisdictions and the unique challenges being faced by them amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Access the Q&A document here.
MyHMCTS using Multi-Factor Authentication
As more and more legal service processes are being digitised, the need to protect client’s personal data is becoming more important. To help keep their systems safe and secure, HMCTS have introduced multi-factor authentication to their online case management system MyHMCTS. The extra protection step was implemented last month, but as more and more people […]
Financial Remedy Applications is simplified with MyHMCTS Online
Family practitioners said the Financial Remedy Service on MyHMCTS online plays a key role in simplifying and improving the divorce process. HM Courts and Tribunal Services (HMCTS) have revealed that more than 10,000 consent applications for financial remedy have been processed on the new online portal MyHMCTS. Typically the majority of online applications submitted by […]
HMCTS confirms Christmas and new year office closure dates
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has confirmed the dates over the Christmas and new year period in which Crown Courts, magistrates’ courts, County and Family Courts, the Royal Courts of Justice and the Rolls Building, and tribunals will remain closed. The courts will remain closed on: • Thursday 24 December 2020 • Friday 25 […]
Resolution Informs HMCTS Of Online Divorce Application Issues
With the online divorce system now open to all legal professionals, some Resolution members have been experiencing “unacceptable problems” with the service. Juliet Harvey, vice Chair and incoming Chair for Resolution, has been in regular contact with HMCTS regarding the experiences and suggesting improvements. Current issues revolve around the functionality of logins, ability to access and manage cases, […]
Resolution Informs HMCTS Of Online Divorce Application Issues
With the online divorce system now open to all legal professionals, some Resolution members have been experiencing “unacceptable problems” with the service. Juliet Harvey, vice Chair and incoming Chair for Resolution, has been in regular contact with HMCTS regarding the experiences and suggesting improvements. Current issues revolve around the functionality of logins, ability to access and manage cases, […]
Special Measures, HMCTS Funding And ‘Lay Advocates’
Today’s Family Lawyer recently reported on Re C (Lay Advocates) and on ‘lay advocates’ (surely a misnomer?) it touched on a tricky issue: funding of special measures in family proceedings and the fact that Legal Aid Agency (LAA) refused to pay in this case (which you don’t mention). Re C was a care case where […]
Should HMCTS Fund Lay Advocates?
Mr Justice Keehan, a High Court family judge, has ordered HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to fund lay advocates to help support intellectually impaired parents in a court hearing about their child. These lay advocates would take the necessary steps to help the parents of the child understand every aspect of the proceedings. Funding […]
HMCTS Stakeholder Audit Reveals Inconsistent Communications
A recent independent stakeholder audit into HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) £1 billion UK Courts and Tribunals Reform Programme reveals some concerning findings. Recent reports by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the National Audit Office (NAO) highlighted a need for HMCTS to improve their stakeholder engagement. Following the report recommendations HMCTS responded by […]
HMCTS £1Bn Court Reform Impacts On Access To Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s (HMCTS) ambitious £1bn reform programme which plans to overhaul, modernise and improve the court system is falling behind schedule with concerns over access to justice. A watchdog has revealed that almost 80 more courts in England and Wales face closure under a transformation scheme. With the HMCTS already three years […]