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Online UK Courts Modelled On EBay To Settle Legal Disputes

Posted by samzenpus on from the login-and-litigate dept.

First time accepted submitter infolation writes The UK justice system should receive a radical overhaul for the digital age with the creation of an online court to expand access to justice and resolve claims of up to £25,000, the official body that oversees civil courts has recommended. The report says existing services — such as eBay's disagreement negotiation procedure and Cybersettle's blind-bidding operations — provide prototypes worth studying. Only the judge need be legally qualified. If necessary, telephone hearings could be built into the last stage. Rulings by the online judge would be as enforceable as any courtroom judgment.

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  1. how about "NO!" by ihtoit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Our legal system is established over TWELVE HUNDRED YEARS and when it works it works well. When it's raped for profit, as this move clearly is a move to make profit, justice suffers. This has been working its way through alternative media for a while now (UKColumn has some great pieces on it), the response has been global damnation.

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    1. Re:how about "NO!" by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I wouldn't want to risk the equivalent of a 25-thousand-Euro judgment because my internet was slow or other reasons. It's important to see the other side in court, because when they lie you can immediately nail them and that leaves a heck of an impression. Doing it in slo-mo over the internet, not so much.

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  2. Re:Wait, model it after Ebay dispute resolution? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well we could always go for the model that American business wants . You have to go to an arbitration board they decide and you can not then go to a court of Law.

  3. There is a reason for a court of law... by Nemosoft+Unv. · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The problem is, by the time you end up in court, you're usually way past any reasonable dispute resolution. You don't just go to court over a bad product, a failed warranty, a refund or bad service (at least not in the UK...). No, you have a fundamental problem that needs to be sorted out. And forcing the two complainants to be in the same room may actually help with that...

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  4. Highest bidder by bluefoxlucid · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Whoever brings the most money wins.

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