Courts to benefit from spending review funding

The Government announced a £337m funding boost for the criminal justice system, and £76m for the Family Court and Employment Tribunal.

MyHMCTS introduces multi-factor authentication

Additional security protection to the online case management tool for solicitors and other legal professionals to submit, pay for and manage online case applications.

Creating safe spaces for socially distanced Crown Court trials

A blog by our Operations Director about the work on increasing capacity which has lead to over 250 Crown Court rooms being able to hear socially distanced jury trials.

Protections for vulnerable victims now in all Crown Courts

The Section 28 service spares vulnerable victims and witnesses the stress of attending court and is now available nationwide across England and Wales.

Common Platform is now live in two more courts

Derby Crown and Magistrates’ Courts, and Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court are the latest to go live with Common Platform.

All PCU WiFi users need to register for a GovWiFi account as PCU WiFi will no longer be available in our buildings from 15 January 2021.

A recording of the digital family public law service event hosted on 4 November is now live and includes presentation slides.

We’ve published details of courts and tribunals which will be closed over the Christmas period.

A recording of a webinar to support the recent publication of the civil, family and tribunals recovery update has been published.

Over 70 more buildings have joined the courts & tribunals operating the professional users’ access scheme, providing fast-lane access for registered members.

HMCTS published the latest management information used for understanding workload volumes and timeliness at a national level, to September 2020.

We have published a summary of content and information from the 2020 Public User Event, held over three days from 3 November. 

Three additional Nightingale courtrooms for family cases are to open at the Ministry of Justice’s London headquarters, until summer 2021.

We’ve updated our organisational risk assessment so we can continue to ensure the safety of anyone entering our buildings during the coronavirus pandemic.

Court and tribunal users must wear a face covering in all public and communal parts of our buildings in England and Wales, including in robing rooms.

Further to local restriction tiers in England, current rules in Wales and local protection levels in Scotland, our buildings continue to operate to COVID-secure guidelines.

We've published a COVID Operating Hours presentation and Q&A as part of the consultation with the legal profession, which is open until Thursday 10 December.