Responsible and ethical use of AI is among the topics to be covered in a code of practice for a digital justice system being drawn up by the Online Procedure Rule Committee.
The committee, chaired by the master of the rolls, was constituted under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 to oversee the development of rules for online proceedings across the civil, family and tribunals jurisdictions,
In a statement on future priorities and next steps published yesterday, the committee said the voluntary code would ’support the development of a digital justice system that is accessible to everyone, easy to use, and capable of delivering justice more quickly, transparently and with public trust.’
It will set out inclusion standards, technology and data standards and standards for the use of AI, ’which it is hoped will be followed by all service providers in the digital justice system, including those involved in early dispute resolution’.
Through the publication of the code, the committee said it aims to encourage providers to design services that protect and include vulnerable users, support seamless movement between systems, and enable earlier, fairer and more efficient resolution of disputes.
Meanwhile the statement said the committee's core rules have been published and laid in parliament as The Online Procedure (Rules and Practice Directions) Rules 2026. They will come into force on 7 September.
The first procedural rules will follow later this year for property possession proceedings, the statement revealed.
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