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[English] – [Cymraeg] Working alongside our justice partners, we’ve made significant progress towards the vision for reform we set out in 2016. Our core principles – to be just, proportionate and accessible – have always underpinned our work. We’ve continued to successfully modernise 14 services and have received over 2.4 million digital applications since 2019. […]

[English] – [Cymraeg] Working alongside our justice partners, we’ve made significant progress towards the vision for reform we set out in 2016: to provide a justice system with people’s needs and expectations at its heart. Our core principles – to be just, proportionate and accessible – have always underpinned our work. I’m incredibly proud of […]

[English] – [Cymraeg] Earlier this month Nick Goodwin, CEO talked in his blog about adjustments to the Reform Programme across HMCTS and described how we would be rebalancing our operational priorities. My colleague Daniel Flury also wrote about how this will affect the delivery of the Crime Programme. To complete this series of updates, I […]

[English] – [Cymraeg] If you follow our social media channels, over the last few weeks you may have seen some of our staff sharing their experiences of what it’s like to work behind the scenes in the criminal courts.     With women making up 70% of our workforce, for International Women’s Day, we spoke to some […]

[English] – [Cymraeg] Over 200 children, from Year 6 to Year 13 (10 – 18 year olds) recently attended Cardiff Magistrates’ Court to experience a real-life court environment as part of their studies.  Working alongside the National Justice Museum, we have been accommodating school visits to educate them about the justice system and how it […]

[English] – [Cymraeg] In our fourth episode of our Inside HMCTS podcast, we focus on how we’re making our courts and tribunals more accessible for everyone and how we are supporting people to use our online services. When people need to come to one of our courts or tribunals, or use our online services, they […]

[English] – [Cymraeg] Dispute resolution, such as mediation, can offer a swifter and less stressful way to resolve legal problems.  We offer a free small claims mediation service, saving parties the time and cost of going to court for a judge to resolve their case.   Mediation is soon to be an integral part of […]

[English] – [Cymraeg] No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and the law of the land. Magna Carta In 2023, 197,007 people took part in jury service. Jury trials are an integral part […]

[English] – [Cymraeg] When I received the jury summons in the post, I had mixed feelings. As someone who works in the Ministry of Justice, I was intrigued to see justice in action, but I was also worried about how it might disrupt work and my personal life – especially as I did my jury […]