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British Columbia provides access to court documents online. The Dutch Rechtwijzer initiative (also cited by Briggs LJ as a precedent) provides subsidised arbitration online. Neither in British Columbia, nor in Holland, nor in any other jurisdiction of which I'm aware, is there an online court. I doubt that there will ever be an effective online court because witnesses cannot easily be cross-examined or assessed other than in person and because there are insuperable practical problems. All that Briggs LJ will succeed in doing is creating a smoke-screen behind which the government will continue to reduce access to civil justice.

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