Tuson Authors Article for FTAdviser.com on Remote Hearings and Trials

London Partner Andrew Tuson authored an article published May 7 on FTAdviser.com, from the Financial Times, concerning how technology is helping courts conduct remote hearings and trials. While the pandemic has caused the closure of court rooms, the Commercial Court is continuing to operate highly effectively. Through trials on Skype and other platforms, the court is delivering hearings that are remarkably similar in feel to court hearings in physical court rooms. “Aspects of a remote trial can be even easier than live hearings: communicating among teams using chat messages or WhatsApp is speedier and more efficient than passing notes around and the use of electronic bundles feels quicker and easier than managing volumes of physical bundles,” he wrote.