HMCTS definition
Examples of HMCTS in a sentence
This programme aims to improve the services HMCTS provides - to create a sustainable justice system that provides modern and responsive services for all users and better value for taxpayers.
Under the CRT Framework Agreement and any Call-Off Contract, all HMCTS data accessed, obtained or processed will not be processed or accessed from outside of the UK.
Any and all information relating to the contact with the Authority, HMCTS and Judiciary.
The aim of this MoU is to help clarify the ‘virtual custody’ of the prisoner during their remote hearing and preceding private consultation with their legal representative on the Video Hearing service; and formalise the relationship of shared risk and responsibility between HMCTS and HMPPS during this process.
However, as the prisoner will attend their pre/post consultation with their legal representative and then their hearing on the HMCTS platform, VH, there was a renewed conversation around the operational risks, and should these risks manifest, whose virtual custody would the prisoner be under.
For example, members of staff in HMCTS will be responsible for providing the details of the legal representative to HMPPS in advance of their consultation with the client, whilst members of prison staff will be responsible for authenticating the identity of the legal representative before the consultation commences.
The MoU encourages constructive co-operation between HMCTS and HMPPS in navigating the virtual custody of the prisoner during their time on VH and holding remote hearings more broadly.
This MoU has been created within the context of HMCTS implementing their bespoke platform, Video Hearing service (VH), in all jurisdictions after the utilisation of Cloud Video Platform (CVP) as a temporary product during COVID-19.
This memorandum establishes a model of shared ownership of virtual custody between HMCTS and HMPPS whilst the prisoner is on VH.
This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).