Justice Richard Aikens’ working party to investigate complex cases in the light of the BCCI and Equitable Life sagas is working through the summer, preparing a report to present to the Commercial Court Users Committee on ideas to improve large scale commercial trials.
So far, the nine-person working party, which includes members of the judiciary, the Bar, solicitors and other court users, has come up with a number of ideas to streamline the court process. As a result of the party’s work, the concept of paperless litigation could take a step closer to reality, with suggestions including electronic bundles set to be announced to the users committee, in a bid to speed up cases and ditch the lever arch files.
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