Remote Hearings
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to use remote court hearings to ease the burden on the courts system.
Answered by Heidi Alexander
The decision to hold a hearing remotely, or enable participants to attend remotely, rests with the judiciary. HM Courts and Tribunal Service continues to support and enable remote hearings by optimising the courts and tribunals estate and building technological capability. This empowers the judiciary to conduct remote and hybrid hearings at their discretion, allowing for increased accessibility and flexibility in the day-to-day business of courts and tribunals.
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