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New official self-service litigation system available in England/Walesrisks] Risks Digest 23.06
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 18:24:31 -0500
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:43:09 +0000 From: Tony Ford <tony.ford () net ntl com> Subject: New official self-service litigation system available in England/Wales Today's *Daily Telegraph* carries a *potentially* disturbing report describing a new service, "Money Claim Online", whereby individuals and law firms (solicitors) can issue most simple legal proceedings (where a sum less than UK pounds 100,000 is claimed, = US$140K)) and enforce judgments via a Web browser. The new service has been set up without publicity by the Lord Chancellor's Department, which runs the courts system in England and Wales. It seems that the system is accessible to the public now, although it has not been officially launched. People using the service are (oddly) referred to as "customers" .... and there is a Customer Help Desk ... The newspaper report is also viewable at this Daily Telegraph link on-line: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml ?xml=/news/2002/01/26/nsue26.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/01/26/ixhome.html The service can be seen on-line at: https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/csmco/index.html No details are apparent of what measures are taken to validate the identity of the claiming party or prevent other gross miscarriages of justice .... but it would appear that the potential exists for significant trouble .... even though the site warns that "vexatious litigants" are not allowed to us it (these are people who have abused the litigation system in the past to such an extent that they have been declared "vexatious litigants", restricting their ability freely to issue legal proceedings). PS: I am a lawyer myself, although I don't practise in this area .. but do work in-house for a large IT company ... these comments are offered purely in a personal capacity. Tony Ford, Guildford, Surrey, UK MailTo:tony.ford () net ntl com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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