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Category Archives: data
Who holds our courts data? FoIs reveal HM Courts’ exclusive contracts
Courts data is public, right? Well no, not quite. Hearings and judgments might be public, but information about them can be difficult to access. The HM Courts and Tribunals service does publish daily case listings for many courts here, on … Continue reading
Posted in courts, data, freedom of information Tagged bailii, courts data, foi, hm courts 9 Comments
Opening up UK courts online
A topic Meeja Law will keep returning to. Read Lord Neuberger’s speech on ‘Open Justice Unbound’. Read Adam Wagner’s round-up post on the UK Human Rights Blog. Please comment here, there, or get in touch via jt.townend@gmail.com to get this … Continue reading
Posted in courts, data, digital open justice Tagged data, digital open justice, uk courts online 1 Comment
Courts exhausting the alphabet?
There’s an entertaining piece by Lewis Silkin LLP’s head of defamation, Rod Dadak, available on PA Media Lawyer this week (sadly, subscription only). He takes a look at the balancing exercise between competing rights of the parties involved in the … Continue reading
Courting data: an attempt to get better acquainted with England’s law
Courts data and information can be difficult to access: is it time to publish more online? Continue reading
Posted in courts, data, digital open justice, reporting restrictions Tagged court reporting, courts data 9 Comments
Going to court
I’m currently doing a bit of reading around the openness of courts and legal data, and have really enjoyed Heather Brooke’s chapter on ‘Secret Justice’ in her second book (hat-tip: Jack of Kent for alerting me to her research on … Continue reading