NewJudicial Administration Toolkit

Ongoing legal and judicial reforms aimed at transforming the performance of court and tribunal systems and enhancing court administration have been severely impacted in many jurisdictions in recent years. A new urgency is called for to reduce delays, clear backlogs and improve the quality, consistency and speed of delivery in judicial decision-making processes. All this needs to be achieved whilst safeguarding against the risks of corruption and increasing politicisation of the judicial function in a number of countries

The judicial system in England and Wales has not been immune to these challenges: serious backlogs in the criminal courts and tribunals dealing with immigration and employment matters, reduced court capacity and difficulties in retaining trained staff all contribute a sense that justice is in crisis. Major reviews and previously unimaginable reform initiatives are currently being pursued, which this programme will explore in depth enabling you to learn about the latest approaches to judicial administration. As well as those applied in England and Wales you will hear about initiatives in other jurisdictions. You will have the opportunity to look at courts at various levels from First Instance Magistrates Courts to the Supreme Court, emphasising pragmatic, applicable approaches for implementing change and rebuilding services based on ‘what works’.

This two week programme is comprised of

Judicial Administration: Improving people’s experience of delivery of justice

29 June to 3 July 2026 in London

How participants will benefit

By the end of the workshop you will have improved your understanding of:

• The way the justice sector is organised and managed in England and Wales
• The current judicial reform agenda
• Initiatives to achieve speedier justice
• Approaches to achieving consistency in sentencing
• How to enhance ethical working and reduce the risks of corruption
• Measuring and inspecting court performance
• New approaches to dealing with those involved in court proceedings, especially young people and vulnerable people.

What the workshop will cover

During the workshop you will be able to:

• Place the current reform agenda in the context of 1,000 years of English legal history
• Experience approaches to delivering speedier, consistent and fair judgements
• Develop a wide range of techniques for improving the administration of justice and the running of courts
• Understand approaches to reducing the risks of unethical behaviour
• Use what you have learnt to analyse the effectiveness of your own courts system.

Judicial Administration: Effective case management, reducing delays and clearing backlogs

6 to 10 July 2026 in London

How participants will benefit

By the end of the workshop you will have improved your understanding of:

• The importance of an overall modernisation strategy
• The benefits of judicial case management
• The key principles of judicial records management
• The role of e-systems in the justice sector
• Methods of ensuring consistent judicial information resources
• Information management based approaches to enabling extempore appeal judgements
• Ways of improving digital, hybrid and paper-based court information and records management
• Approaches to managing court information projects.

What the workshop will cover

The workshop will include briefing sessions, discussions, case studies, practical work and visits. It has been designed to be flexible so that it can be adjusted wherever practicable to meet your specific requirements and those of your organisation.

You will be able to:

• Place improvements in court case management in the context of the wider initiatives to improve the delivery of justice
• Understand the underlying principles and key stages of professional court records management
• Explain the opportunities and challenges the introduction of electronic case handling represents
• Recognise the value of good quality information sources for judges
• Describe approaches to delivering immediate decisions on appeal cases

• Outline the core principles of managing court information projects effectively