Time is running out for the practice of leaving video suites in courts, the official in charge of computerising the justice system said last week.
Paul Shipley, IT director at HM Courts & Tribunals Service, said the Ministry of Justice is demanding that ‘cashable savings’ are realised from its investments in virtual courts. However, ‘there is evidence that video kit is not being used to the extent it should be,’ he told the Bond Solon Expert Witness Conference.