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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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9880803/electronic-case-management-mediation-drastic-improvement-courts-tonga http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10622 |
| Summary: | 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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