US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
UK Orders Deletion of Court Reporting Platform
The deletion order affects a platform used by over 1,500 journalists and highlights ongoing failures in court data transparency, with only 4.2% listing accuracy reported.
- Ordering deletion, the Ministry of Justice ordered Courtsdesk to delete its court-record archive last week after HMCTS issued a cessation notice in November, requiring deletion within days.
- Citing data‑protection concerns, HMCTS shut the pilot approved by the lord chancellor in 2021 without publicly explaining specific issues, and asked for an ICO referral that was not made.
- Courtsdesk's platform was used by journalists from 39 media organisations, with no advance notice for 1.6 million criminal hearings and listing accuracy at just 4.2 per cent.
- As a result, the deletion will make the criminal courts less visible and harder to scrutinise, causing local and regional reporters to miss cases and reducing consistent reporting of criminal courts.
- Since 2020, HMCTS has migrated 37 applications from two outdated datacentres using around 2,500 hardware pieces, amid a �1.6 million CGI extension and a �22.5 million write‑off, recruiting a chief executive with a job ad open until February 15.
Insights by Ground AI
17 Articles
17 Articles
Coverage Details
Total News Sources17
Leaning Left0Leaning Right4Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution69% Center
Bias Distribution
- 69% of the sources are Center
69% Center
C 69%
R 31%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
