Electronic Case Management and Mediation - Drastic Improvement for the Courts in Tonga
A low ranking in the ease of contract enforcement in the 2006 World Bank doing business report prompted Tonga's government to seek remedial action. This paper charts the range of activist measures, in particular the introduction of electronic...
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okr-10986-106222021-04-23T14:02:51Z Electronic Case Management and Mediation - Drastic Improvement for the Courts in Tonga Ford, Anthony D. ADVISORY SERVICES ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CASE MANAGEMENT COMPUTERIZATION COMPUTERS CONTENTS COURT COURT CASE MANAGEMENT COURT DECISIONS COURT RECORDS COURT RULES COURT SETTLEMENTS COURTS CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES DVD FILING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL SERVICES JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUVENILE OFFENDERS LITIGATION MEDIATION MEDIATORS PROTOCOL USER USER SATISFACTION WILL A low ranking in the ease of contract enforcement in the 2006 World Bank doing business report prompted Tonga's government to seek remedial action. This paper charts the range of activist measures, in particular the introduction of electronic case management and mediation, both of them instrumental in improving the legal process drastically. In October 2007, the World Bank highlighted in its doing business report that Tonga's Supreme Court had cut the average time to enforce contracts from 510 days to 350. While this does not make the court the world's fastest, the vast improvement ensured the country the title of top reformer in the category of contract enforcement. Striking out close to 100 percent of dormant cases, placing others on a strict timetable, introducing mediation, and increasing the jurisdiction of the Magistrate's Court - all this was achieved in just more than a year. 2012-08-13T12:27:17Z 2012-08-13T12:27:17Z 2008-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9880803/electronic-case-management-mediation-drastic-improvement-courts-tonga http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10622 English IFC Smart Lessons Brief CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Tonga |
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ADVISORY SERVICES ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CASE MANAGEMENT COMPUTERIZATION COMPUTERS CONTENTS COURT COURT CASE MANAGEMENT COURT DECISIONS COURT RECORDS COURT RULES COURT SETTLEMENTS COURTS CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES DVD FILING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL SERVICES JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUVENILE OFFENDERS LITIGATION MEDIATION MEDIATORS PROTOCOL USER USER SATISFACTION WILL Ford, Anthony D. Electronic Case Management and Mediation - Drastic Improvement for the Courts in Tonga |
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A low ranking in the ease of contract
enforcement in the 2006 World Bank doing business report
prompted Tonga's government to seek remedial action.
This paper charts the range of activist measures, in
particular the introduction of electronic case management
and mediation, both of them instrumental in improving the
legal process drastically. In October 2007, the World Bank
highlighted in its doing business report that Tonga's
Supreme Court had cut the average time to enforce contracts
from 510 days to 350. While this does not make the court the
world's fastest, the vast improvement ensured the
country the title of top reformer in the category of
contract enforcement. Striking out close to 100 percent of
dormant cases, placing others on a strict timetable,
introducing mediation, and increasing the jurisdiction of
the Magistrate's Court - all this was achieved in just
more than a year. |
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Ford, Anthony D. |
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Ford, Anthony D. |
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Ford, Anthony D. |
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Electronic Case Management and Mediation - Drastic Improvement for the Courts in Tonga |
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Electronic Case Management and Mediation - Drastic Improvement for the Courts in Tonga |
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Electronic Case Management and Mediation - Drastic Improvement for the Courts in Tonga |
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Electronic Case Management and Mediation - Drastic Improvement for the Courts in Tonga |
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Electronic Case Management and Mediation - Drastic Improvement for the Courts in Tonga |
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electronic case management and mediation - drastic improvement for the courts in tonga |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9880803/electronic-case-management-mediation-drastic-improvement-courts-tonga http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10622 |
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