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Service Delivery and Sharing our Facilities Service The Delivery modern facilities and Sharing of the Our building Facilities lend Service themselves Delivery to and sharing Sharing the resources Our Facilities of the Service Court complex Delivery The modern facilities of the building lend themselves to sharing the resources of the Court complex. During 2006-07, the Court welcomed many visitors, hosted several functions as well as conducting the day-to-day Court hearings. Visitors and events at the Court included: • The Honourable Nancy Gertner, United States District Court at Boston • Royal Government of Bhutan Ministry of Finance • Judge Sang Ryeol Shin, Supreme Court of Korea • Justice Sang-Moo Lee, Criminal Law Court in the Pohang Province South Korea • Her Honour Judge Eriko Kawajiri, Tokyo District Court, Japan • The Honourable Judge Brook Hedge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, USA • Launch of the Offi ce of Public Prosecutions Specialist Sex Offences Unit by the Attorney- General on April 26, 2007 • Representatives of the West Australian District Court met with Court staff in April, 2007. The delegation was keen to seek advice about transition arrangements, following our very successful transition in 2002, to assist in planning their move to a new Court building under a Public Private Partnership arrangement • The Court hosted a two-day Koori Court Workshop in September 2006. Representatives from the County Court, the Department of Justice and the Koori community discussed the current Koori experience in the County Court. This workshop was an historic and very successful fi rst step towards a collaborative approach to implementing a specialised jurisdiction and support function in the County Court • On Thursday 29 March, 2007, Judges and staff from Her Majesty’s Courts Service United Kingdom viewed the Court’s eFiling product • Ross Capuana, Application Services Manager, Courts IT Group, hosted the inaugural ‘Courts Case Management Networking Group’ forum on 23 and 24 November 2006 Court Rooms The Court continued to utilize court rooms with a high degree of concurrence with the annual reservation statement. In 2006-07, court room usage exceeded forecast by 64 days. This result is due to reservations required to account for court room conversions and the use of the County Court facility for Supreme Court trials. See graph page 17. The Court Complex is especially busy as clients and legal practitioners attend early morning pre-trial hearings followed by criminal and civil cases scheduled in the 46 court rooms each day. 16 County Court of Victoria 2006/07 Annual Report
Service Delivery and Sharing our Facilities No of Courtroom Days 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Cumulative YTD Court Usage 2006-07 Financial Year Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Monthly Usage Monthly Reserved eFiling We continued our promotion of eFiling to the profession to extend electronic accessibility. In March 2007, legal fi rms in Geelong and Warrnambool were revisited resulting in four fi rms from these cities signing up with CITEC (the Court’s eFiling provider). A highlight this year has been the increase in diversity of eFiled documents. The graph below shows the consistent increase in eFiling since 2003-04. Looking to the future, the eFiling group has written an options paper which will chart the future direction of eFiling for the Court in conjunction with our commitment to ICMS. 30 eFiling Trends for 2003-07 By early 2007, the ‘smart courts’ upgrades to the technology video conference infrastructure had been completed in nine Melbourne Court rooms, along with upgrades in regional courts. These changes, along with the conversion of three civil jury courts for use as crime courts early in 2007, have provided greater fl exibility in court usage. Circuit Libraries During the year Library and Information Services Manager, Ian Edwards, reviewed circuit library facilities with a view to assisting future management of those libraries. Integrated Courts Management System (ICMS) Our involvement with ICMS continued through the established user reference groups and presentations. The Honourable Judge Brook Hedge addressed Judges in April 2007 on the database on which the ICMS database is modelled at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Matt Dalton (ICMS staff) presented the new ICMS system to Associates during the March seminar. The benefi ts of the system include its integrated approach to a single case management system for courts with a standard technology platform and applications, and a range of eServices through a single access point using high tech courtrooms. 25 20 15 10 5 0 2003-04 Total % eFiled Melb % eFiled 2004-05 Establishment of the Photocopy Unicard System A Unicard photocopy system was introduced in September, 2006. This new service allows customers to purchase a reusable photocopy ‘credit’ card from vending machines located in the Registry area. This facility serves the many users who attend the Court to inspect subpoena documents under Order 42.10. Electronic Listing Diaries Circuit % eFiled 2005-06 2006-07 Following the recommendations arising from the BCG report, the Registry established electronic trial listing diaries in both civil and criminal jurisdictions. The benefi ts include transparency of the listing process, accessibility for entering information into the system and ready staff access to information. The publication of criminal trial list vacancies on the website has made the listing process more accessible to parties in criminal matters. Left: Community members gather each morning to await possible selection as jurors. Right: The daily lists are readily accessible to visitors to the court. www.countycourt.vic.gov.au 17
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