The CJC has a number of working parties hard at work on various projects, and under the oversight and direction of the full Council. Progress in these projects will be reviewed at the next Council meeting on 28 July 2016, which will be the last to be chaired by Lord Dyson ahead of his retirement as Master of the Rolls. Continue reading
The UK government is going to be rather busy in the next few years, negotiating with the EU over a myriad of Brexit issues. Continue reading
In 1943, Thomas Watson, then president of IBM, is said to have opined, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” It’s very possible that you can now find five examples in your own living space, considering that, sitting at home last night, I had my smartphone pocketed, my tablet streaming television programmes, my personal laptop flashing emails, my MP3 player charging and my work computer propped open.
Importantly, the legal profession is not immune from developments in modern technology; online dispute resolution (ODR) technology is expanding as a medium for dispute resolution in the UK. With this in mind, Thomson Reuters, with the involvement of Spinnaker Research, talked to 40 people, including lawyers, academics, ombudsmen, regulators, judges, mediators, and technology providers, to assess the impact of ODR technologies, and presented its findings in a spring 2016 report entitled, “The Impact of ODR Technology on Dispute Resolution in the UK“. Interviews were based predominantly in the UK, although some insights were provided by those working across Europe and in the USA. Continue reading