Guidance

HMCTS Common Platform: participating criminal courts

Find out when the Common Platform case management system is going live in a court.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Published
30 March 2021
Last updated
1627 March 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Common Platform is a digital case management system. It helps users manage and share criminal case information more effectively. This includes HMCTS staff, the judiciary and professional court users such as defence lawyers and the Crown Prosecution Service.

To use the service, you must have an account. If you’re a defence professional, your firm or chambers must register you for your account.

Once your organisation has registered and you have activated your account, you can start accessing cases in Common Platform.

Courts going live soon

We’ll update this page with the latest information on when courts are going live with Common Platform.

Week beginning 27 March 2023

  • Bournemouth Crown Court
  • Poole Magistrates’ Court
  • Weymouth Magistrates’ Court

See if a court is already live with Common Platform on our Find a court or tribunal service.

Published 30 March 2021
Last updated 1627 March 2023 + show all updates

  1. Updated page with courts due to go live soon.

  2. Removed list of courts due to go live with Common Platform because of scheduling changes. We’ll update the page when more dates are confirmed.

  3. Removed rescheduled courts from list of courts to go live soon.

  4. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  5. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  6. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  7. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  8. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  9. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live.

  10. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live.

  11. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live.

  12. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live.

  13. Amended guidance so users can find out when a court is going live with Common Platform.

  14. Added 12 new courts to the south east list

  15. Additional courts in the North-east at Beverley, Bridlington, Grimsby and Hull added.

  16. New courts added in North-east and North-west.

  17. Courts in London and south-east added.

  18. Hereford Crown temporarily closed for building works. Courts in Boston, Lincoln, Amersham, Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes added.

  19. Additional venues in North-west, South-east and South-west added.

  20. Additonal courts in Wales added.

  21. Teesside courts added

  22. Additional courts added in the South-east.

  23. New venues added at Chester and Crewe.

  24. 10 courts added to list.

  25. New sites gone live.

  26. New common platform adopter sites added.

  27. 7 new sites added.

  28. First published.