Guidance

HMCTS weekly operational summary

A weekly summary of the latest HM Courts and Tribunals Service operational position for users. We aim to update this every Friday at 4pm.

We email our weekly operational update to our subscribers on Sunday evenings, and share on social media on Monday mornings. Follow us on Twitter to check for daily or urgent updates.

HMCTS operational summary for week commencing Monday 21 February 2022

Next week’s update will be issued on Friday 25 February 2022.

  • Updated: From Saturday 26 February 2022 our service centres will be open longer on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays to help with divorce and probate queries. You can contact us by phone, email or webchat from 8am to 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8am to 2pm on Saturdays.
  • Reminder: Our latest guidance for all court and tribunal users during the COVID-19 pandemic is available on GOV.UK and will be updated when new advice is available.

Crime

  • Reminder: If you have a Common Platform account, you need to login at least once every 90 days to keep it active. If your account is inactive for 90 days, it will be deregistered for security reasons. You will receive an automatic email notifying you before your account is deregistered: login to the system, and your account will remain live.

Civil

  • Updated: We’re hosting two training sessions on E-Filing for the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber to assist practitioners to use the new service once it becomes mandatory. The webinars will take place on Monday 28 February 2022 and Thursday 3 March 2022 both at 10am.
  • Reminder: Since Monday 14 February 2022, professional users filing to the Court of Appeal must use our E-Filing service. The electronic service removes the need for paperwork and prevents delays. It can also be used by litigants in person. The digital service enables users to pay fees online and keep up to date on progress via automatic email alerts. Our recent training event on using E-Filing is now available to watch.
  • Reminder: A new feature has been added to the civil damages claims service digital system on MyHMCTS. Legal representatives can now issue multi-party claims covering one claimant versus two defendants or two claimants versus one defendant. Legal representatives can also use the service to issue claims and receive defences from other legal representatives. Sign up to MyHMCTS now.

Judicial guidance and announcements

Previous editions

Published 21 May 2021
Last updated 18 February 2022 + show all updates
  1. Update for week commencing Monday 21 February 2022 published.

  2. Added translation

  3. Update for week commencing Monday 14 February 2022 published.

  4. Added translation

  5. Update for week commencing Monday 7 February 2022 published.

  6. Update for week commencing Monday 31 January 2022 published.

  7. Added translation

  8. Update for week commencing Monday 24 January 2022 published.

  9. Added translation

  10. Update for week commencing Monday 17 January 2022 published.

  11. Update for week commencing Monday 10 January 2022 published.

  12. Added translation

  13. Update for week commencing Monday 3 January 2022 published.

  14. Update for week commencing Monday 20 December 2021 published.

  15. Added translation

  16. Update for week commencing Monday 13 December 2021 published.

  17. Update for week commencing Monday 6 December 2021 published.

  18. Added translation

  19. Update for week commencing Monday 29 November published.

  20. Added translation

  21. Update for week commencing Monday 22 November 2021 published.

  22. Added translation

  23. Update for week commencing Monday 15 November published.

  24. Page updated with changes to HMCTS operations for week commencing 8 Nov 2021.

  25. Update for week commencing Monday 1 November 2021 published.

  26. Added translation

  27. Update for week commencing Monday 25 October published.

  28. Update for week commencing Monday 18 October 2021 published.

  29. Added translation

  30. Update for week commencing Monday 11 October 2021 published.

  31. Update for week commencing Monday 4 October 2021 published.

  32. Added translation

  33. Update for week commencing Monday 27 September published.

  34. Added translation

  35. Update for week commencing Monday 20 September 2021 published.

  36. Added translation

  37. Update for week commencing Monday 13 September published.

  38. Update for week commencing Monday 6 September 2021 published.

  39. Added translation

  40. Update for week commencing Monday 30 August 2021 published.

  41. Added translation

  42. Updated for week commencing Monday 23 August 2021.

  43. Welsh translation added.

  44. Update for week commencing Monday 16 August 2021 published.

  45. Added translation

  46. Update for week commencing Monday 9 August 2021 published.

  47. Added translation

  48. Update for week commencing Monday 2 August 2021 published.

  49. Added translation

  50. Update for week commencing Monday 26 July 2021 published.

  51. Added translation

  52. Updated COVID guidance pages added.

  53. Update for week commencing Monday 19 July 2021 published.

  54. Added translation

  55. Update for week commencing Monday 12 July published.

  56. Added translation

  57. Update for week commencing Monday 5 July 2021.

  58. Added translation

  59. Update for week commencing Monday 28 June 2021 published.

  60. Added translation

  61. Update for week commencing Monday 21 June 2021 published.

  62. Added translation

  63. Update for week commencing Monday 14 June 2021 published.

  64. Added translation

  65. Update for week commencing Monday 7 June 2021 published.

  66. Update for week commencing Monday 31 May 2021 published.

  67. Added translation

  68. Added line on operational status of courts in areas where COVID19 variant is spreading.

  69. First published.