The Problem

Ministry of Justice asked 1Tech to provide support for analysing various options for an Enterprise case management system. With a fixed end to end delivery of budget, the Supreme Court soon realised that a credible commercial solution was not an option. Upon selection of an open source direction based on Alfresco, 1Tech were required to architect, design and deliver a solution based on Open Source Software addressing the following key requirements:

 The UK Supreme Court required a system that will enhance the current ways of working and will augment the capabilities of the Court to manage cases, thereby enhancing its national and international reputation. The essence is to deliver a modern strategic case management system (CMS) for the court that will enhance its administrative processes and assist the judiciary, by providing:

• A case progression system (CPS) to record and manage the progression of cases including managing the progression (not calculation) of taxation (assessment of bill of costs) cases;
• A diary management system (DMS) to maximise effective use of judicial and courtroom resources;
• A Document Repository System (DRS) that stores the full appeal bundle, when filed by the parties in electronic format and stores electronic communications relating to the case.
• To provide case management services to support the business processes of initiating, preparing, scheduling, deciding and concluding a case
• Integrate with existing user directories
• Provide integration with existing case management systems. Some systems are over 25 years old
• Ensure the system is secure as to promote public confidence
• Provide a simple user interface to allow any judge to be able to manage a case file
• Act as a centre of excellence for future court developments