Tribunal reform proposals
[ch 4: page 77]Senior president of tribunals Sir Ernest Ryder has published a plan to put into effect his strategy for modernising the tribunals system. Proposed changes to employment tribunals include judges’, panel members’ and users’ access to a digital case record; facilities for judges to manage cases online; a library of relevant templates for orders, notices, standard letters and documents; and digitally recording all hearings to provide an independent record.
The Modernisation of tribunals: innovation plan for 2019-2020 covers tribunals that are within the unified structure created under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and can be found on the courts and tribunals judiciary website.
Modernisation of tribunals: innovation plan for 2019-2020 (https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SPT-Innovation-Plan-for-2019-20-Amended.pdf)