About us
The Online Procedure Rule Committee was set up under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 to make rules governing the practice and procedure for specific types of online court and tribunal proceedings across the Civil, Family and Tribunal jurisdictions.
Mission statement
The aim of the Online Procedure Rule Committee is to improve access to justice for all by harnessing the power of modern digital technology in the pre-action space, in the civil and family courts and in the tribunals.
Membership
The rules of committee membership are set out in Section 22 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022. The committee is chaired by the Master of the Rolls, Head of Civil Justice. All non-judicial members are appointed, in accordance with the Office of the Commission for Public Appointment’s Code of Practice.
- The Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, Chair
- The Right Honourable Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division
- Sir Keith Lindblom, Senior President of Tribunals
- Sarah Stevens, expert in the lay advice sector
- Brett Dixon, legal expert
- Gerard Boyers, technology expert
Minutes
Our responsibilities
We are responsible for making simple Online Procedure Rules which:
- are accessible and fair
- allow for quick and efficient resolution of disputes
- support use of innovative methods of dispute resolution