Abstract

Informatisation of court proceedings is a dynamic process. Over a dozen or so years, there have been many changes in the use of ICT systems in court proceedings and it is difficult to recall how courts used to work using handwritten indexes, judgments appeals or notices. Informatisation of court proceedings contributes not only to streamlining the proceedings and work of the secretariats, but also increases the transparency of case handling and shortens the duration of hearings. Unfortunately, as any new technology, besides benefits, it is exposed to threats. The biggest challenge for the whole process of computerization of court proceedings is to build safeguards that will protect the parties to legal proceedings against leakage of their personal data, data of the case to the wrong people, but also to integrate existing systems so that the whole operation will be even faster and more transparent. The aim of the presented considerations will be to indicate whether the presented informatization process brings more benefits than threats, as well as the answer to the question whether it is possible to completely computerize the court proceedings.