Dr Meredith Rossner’s co-authored report “Implementing Video hearings (Party-to-State): A Process Evaluation” was published by the Ministry of Jusice today.
Meredith Rossner, associate professor of criminology in LSE’s Law Department and co-author of the report, said “This is the first pilot conducted in England and Wales for Fully-Video Hearings, which are hearings where all parties are participating remotely via video technology. We found that, even though technical difficulties were experienced in most hearings, this did not appear to dampen users’ enthusiasm. Judges and other stakeholders were able to effectively adapt to suit the video environment and seemed satisfied with the results. However, the unreliability of technology is a key hurdle to overcome in order to make video hearings a robust and feasible option in the future.”
The report is available online: Implementing Video Hearings: A process evaluation by Meredith Rossner and Martha McCurdy