E-filing scheme held up but HMCTS denies any data security risk
- Category: Private Client
- Date: 05-09-2022
The roll-out of e-filing systems at Manchester Civil Justice Centre had to be halted due to checks including data security, senior figures have said.
The hold-up emerged in a circular from HM Courts and Tribunals Service sent last week to update judges and other senior figures about reforms to the family division.
A brief included in the circular states that a ‘pause’ was put on the roll-out of digital solutions, in particular the Manchester e-filing system, to allow an assessment to be made about the level of risk posed by these systems and the business continuity.
Public law service manager Emma Petty states that the pause has now been lifted, but she encourages a review of any decision to implement the system in the next year.