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The tax tribunal virtual hearing is different from the well established criminal court video hearings. In the criminal cases they take place between points that have access to the “Justice Video System” and at each end point there is both a court room and a private booth. Before each hearing the advocate will have a pre-booked 10-15 min conference with the client in the private booths. The CACD has recently introduced this conference facility as well. On the screens at each end is a “picture in picture” so that you can see what the other end is seeing of your end.. The defendant is brought into “the prison court room” in the prison and usually the first person s/he will see on screen will be the court clerk who will be the first person to speak asking them their identity. The clerk then controls who the camera in the court room focuses on - trying always to ensure it is the person speaking. On the whole it works very well and is very popular with people in custody as it means they do not have to make the journey to court. My understanding, although I have no experience of it is that the tribunal arrangement is different as it is not dependent on the JVS end points, and is set up for the parties to dial into; when all are ready it is switched to live.