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 147 March 2022

Next week’s update will be issued on Friday 1811 March 2022.

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  • 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.

Family

Tribunals

  • Updated: The E-Filing service for litigants in person and professional users of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) willplanned gofor live on Monday 147 March 2022.2022 has been postponed. A new go-live date will be announced shortly.

Judicial guidance and announcements

Previous editions

Published 21 May 2021
Last updated 1110 March 2022 + show all updates
  1. Update for week commencing Monday 14 March 2022 published.

  2. Added translation

  3. Added translation

  4. Update for week commencing Monday 7 March 2022 published.

  5. Added translation

  6. Update for week commencing Monday 28 February 2022 published.

  7. Added translation

  8. Update for week commencing Monday 21 February 2022 published.

  9. Added translation

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

  11. Added translation

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

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

  14. Added translation

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

  16. Added translation

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

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

  19. Added translation

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

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

  22. Added translation

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

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

  25. Added translation

  26. Update for week commencing Monday 29 November published.

  27. Added translation

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

  29. Added translation

  30. Update for week commencing Monday 15 November published.

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

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

  33. Added translation

  34. Update for week commencing Monday 25 October published.

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

  36. Added translation

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

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

  39. Added translation

  40. Update for week commencing Monday 27 September published.

  41. Added translation

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

  43. Added translation

  44. Update for week commencing Monday 13 September published.

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

  46. Added translation

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

  48. Added translation

  49. Updated for week commencing Monday 23 August 2021.

  50. Welsh translation added.

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

  52. Added translation

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

  54. Added translation

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

  56. Added translation

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

  58. Added translation

  59. Updated COVID guidance pages added.

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

  61. Added translation

  62. Update for week commencing Monday 12 July published.

  63. Added translation

  64. Update for week commencing Monday 5 July 2021.

  65. Added translation

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

  67. Added translation

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

  69. Added translation

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

  71. Added translation

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

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

  74. Added translation

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

  76. First published.