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Friday 1 August 2025
A weekly update on the news and information about courts and tribunals
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The Ministry of Justice has launched a new AI Action Plan to help reduce reoffending, improve public safety and support frontline staff across the justice system, including in our courts.
The plan sets out how artificial intelligence can be used to help predict and prevent violence in prisons and better track offenders across prisons, probation and courts by connecting offender records across different systems.
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Magistrates play a vital role in our justice system, but how much do you actually know about them? They’re unpaid volunteers who handle 95% of criminal cases in England and Wales, helping to keep our communities safe and justice accessible.
Watch Ministry of Justice's latest 'Justice Explained' video and hear from Swati, a magistrate who balances her duties with a full-time career, as she shares what it’s really like to serve as a magistrate.
If you’re passionate about giving back and supporting a fair and open justice system, you can register your interest to become a magistrate today.
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Inside Common Platform: our latest podcast episode
In the latest episode of our Inside HMCTS podcast, we take you behind the scenes of Common Platform, our digital case management system developed to bring together partners across the criminal justice system under one unified system.
Common Platform aims to improve access to information and streamline court processes. Through interviews with users of the system – including court staff and the police – you’ll hear first-hand how it’s fundamentally changed the way we work, what challenges people have faced, and what it means for the future of criminal justice.
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The Arbitration Act 2025 came into effect today, modernising the UK’s arbitration framework and reinforcing London’s global reputation as a leading destination for dispute resolution.
The reforms aim to help businesses settle disputes faster and more affordably, while giving courts new powers to support arbitration proceedings.
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From 7 August 2025, the Family Private Law service on MyHMCTS will accept child arrangement applications (C100 applications) and domestic abuse applications (FL401 applications) for family courts in Wolverhampton. From this date family courts in Chelmsford will also accept domestic abuse applications submitted via MyHMCTS.
Legal professionals in Chelmsford and Wolverhampton with a MyHMCTS account will automatically have their accounts updated with access to the service.
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