Three ways to use e-bundling technology to build trust in the courtroom
With UK courts embracing digitisation to make the system more transparent, efficient and accessible, Bundledocs highlights the vital role e-bundling technology can play to build trust and deliver the best results for your clients
Trust is the foundation of reputation in the legal sector, and in today’s fast-paced digital landscape, it’s more important than ever for legal professionals to present themselves, their clients and their cases in the best possible light. Given that lawyers are responsible for advocating on behalf of their clients before the judge and the court, their primary objective is to ensure information is presented in a clear and easily digestible manner. With courts embracing virtual hearings and paperless systems, e-bundling technology can play an important role in delivering the best results for your firm and clients. Read more below to learn how you can utilise this innovative technology to build trust in the courtroom.
1. Collaboration and transparency
Since 2016, the UK government has digitised multiple services across courts and tribunals, aiming to make the court process more efficient and accessible to all. At the same time, courtrooms have worked to increase transparency between the public and the justice system — from holding open proceedings, to helping people better understand how the system works. This focus on transparency builds trust — and it’s something e-bundling technology can also support within your firm.
E-bundling technology allows your firm to create clear, accessible and secure court-ready bundles. Secure-sending features make it easy for lawyers to securely share draft bundles with judges or opposing counsel for pre-hearing review. Having one centralised bundle will also ensure transparency with all parties and help avoid disputes in court. Features such as hyperlinking, annotations and optical character recognition (OCR) text allow for quick navigation, saving the court time and ensuring judges have access to well-structured bundles that clearly present your clients’ arguments.
2. Reducing stress and human error
Working in a high-stress, fast-paced environment and representing high-value clients can become overwhelming for law professionals. E-bundling technology allows your team to spend less time on manual, mundane tasks and more on billable client tasks. By automating the preparation stage, e-bundling technology helps reduce the risk of human error — from misfiling to the loss of important physical documents. As lawyers are urged to ‘maintain public trust in law’, utilising this innovative technology can ensure accuracy and reduce the likelihood that errors can undermine cases.
E-bundling technology can also handle late inserts with ease, allowing for quick changes to be made prior to court proceedings while maintaining clearly formatted bundles with no disruption. These features can eliminate the need for manual corrections, reducing errors, and ultimately, showcasing your professionalism to the presiding judge.
3. Accessibility and organisation
In recent years, automation has become an integral tool for law professionals. With digital transformation, it has become the norm to utilise digital tools and may be an expectation by many courts. Automation allows for greater accessibility and organisation in court proceedings. Page numbering is one key aspect of creating court-ready bundles where e-bundling technology proves especially useful. It helps lawyers ensure judges can quickly find the information they need, exactly when they need it. A clear structure supports a clear argument — making it easier for judges to follow your case.
When sharing bundles with the court, e-bundling technology can help ensure that the links and information listed are correct. In the past, manual bundling may have included human errors in the form of pagination errors, inconsistent indexing, incorrect page numbers, which can irritate a judge or cause delays in reviewing key information. Utilising OCR functions ensures documents are fully searchable, allowing judges to find information quickly as they need it.
Start your e-bundling journey and create court-ready bundles now
E-bundling technology not only improves internal workflows and increases collaboration, but it is also a strategy for the courtroom, helping your firm communicate its argument more efficiently and effectively to judges. Create accessible, clear, well-structured and consistent court bundles set the tone for credibility, building trust between you and the judge.
