Introducing a web conference to proceed with civil trial Demo release January 10 5:49
An Internet web conference will be introduced in some of the procedures of the civil trial next month, and a demonstration of the conference was released on the 9th.
The issue of Japanese trials is the shift to IT, and an Internet web conference will be introduced in some courts from next month in private procedures of civil trials between judges and lawyers. .
Prior to this, a demonstration of the procedure was released at the Tokyo District Court on the 9th.
Until now, the judge and both lawyers had exchanged by phone, but with the introduction of a web conference, it is possible to arrange written issues in order to adjust the content of the settlement while listening to both parties' intentions is.
According to Kenichiro Tomizawa, Chief of the Supreme Court Civil Affairs Bureau, "The introduction of a web conference will increase the convenience and transparency of civil trials. We will work to promote IT from the perspective of users."
Web meetings in civil trials will be introduced in eight district courts such as Tokyo and Osaka and the Intellectual Property High Court from next month, and will be held in courts nationwide thereafter.
In the future, the possibility of introducing a webcam in public court proceedings and making it possible to file an action on the Internet is being considered.