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Slide 11 of 23
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The Estate Mortgage Home Page acted as a menu, linking to each area of data using hypertext links. By clicking on the link it was possible to navigate to any information available on the system. To assist in the management of information included and to ensure that there was control, by the court, on the information stored on the court system, and in particular controls over what information became part of the electronic court record, the home page was divided into three sections. These were;
THE COURT RECORDS
The top section of the home page, the Court Records section, included all information that had become part of the official electronic court record.
Once information had been accepted by all parties a "ruling/order" was made that allowed that information to be included in the electronic court record.
The electronic court record included;
Courtbook Database and Attached Image Library
The "Bprod" document numbering system that had been agreed on by the parties through the document discovery was used as the "key" indicator for each document.
Through the home page it was possible to access images of courtbook documents and the related data using a number of different types of searches. Individual selections could be made through each search screen. For each search conducted, a list of documents meeting the criteria was displayed. From the displayed list the particular document of interest could be viewed by clicking on the highlighted document number, which acts as a hypertext link to the document image. The document image display is constant throughout the court system.
When using the image view, the first page of the document is automatically displayed. On the left of the image is a menu bar that allows access further information regarding the particular document, to view images of other pages in the document or move to other areas in the court system. To move between pages of the document highlighted page numbers for each page of the document are listed, it was possible to move to any page of the document. An indicator of the exhibit status of the document was displayed, and a "NOTE" button allowing access to the further information regarding the document, in particular;
Also included in the courtbook database and image library section of the home page there was a refined search that allowed searching of the subset of the courtbook that had been tendered. The exhibit search screen was very similar to the searches of the main courtbook database.
Courtroom information services
The historic transcript page allowed viewing of the previous days transcript. The transcript could be selected by day number, date and page number.
The software public view displayed a private copy of the image currently being displayed by the courtroom operator. The copy of the image displayed in the software public view could be fully manipulated to allow private examination of the document.
The last courtroom information service is the transcript download. From the system it was possible to save edited copies of each day's transcript in a number of formats. Each participant could choose the transcript style that they required and save a private copy for their personal use.
Reasons for Rulings and Judgements
Pleadings
Aide-Memoires
The plaintiffs presented their complete opening with the aide of these pages. Each section of the Plaintiff's case was summaries as a narrative summary. Each narrative had a comprehensive index, by date, producing a clear chronology of events relating to each issue. Each time a document number was referred to it was highlighted and in turn linked to the image view for that document.
The Evidence, Witness Statement & Exhibit Page
The Proposed Modification Page was added to allow documents to be placed on the court system prior to them becoming part of the electronic court record.
The Administration Page provided access to information that was not part of the electronic court record.
Information accessible through the Administration Page included: |