"In Canada, judges couldn't wait to go back to in person hearings."
Courts need to find a to administer justice without the layers of administration.
Bruce Preston
#keepup
Bruce Preston reports on Covid and the Courts and the clearance rate of the Barbados Judiciary which pre pandemic was 27% and 35% during the pandemic.
And acknowledges Sir Dennis' early comment that unless the clearance rate was 100% you were creating a back log.
#keepup
Sir Dennis states when reviewing the Barbadian Supreme Court rules and identifying the milestones of the rules with respect to a matter
a case in Barbados can be completed in 103 days
Procedural Justice IS Justice
quoting @CaribbeanCourt President Justice Saunders Sir Dennis states
"culture beats learning all the time"
If you don't change the culture you will never improve the technology.
"You can't automate a manual system. You're just wasting money"
Sir Dennis makes the point in respect of case management software and justice delivery.
Oftentimes the capacity of the software is only utilised at less than 40%.