Our Partner, Ms. Christia Middleton, recently published an
article in the Fileleftheros newspaper.
In her article, Ms. Middleton, acknowledges the importance of
the digital transformation of the courts and of e-justice in
general. However, at the same time she proposes that, during the
disruption caused by the Covid 19 pandemic and also in more normal
times, there are alternative ways by which the mechanism of justice
can work. In particular, she mentions that the nature of the
lawyers' profession is such that it allows them to exercise
their duties both inside and outside of a court. She notes that
even under these abnormal circumstances the reasons for disputes
between people have not disappeared and social life continues to
exist. Consequently, means of resolving disputes are still
necessary, and solutions can, in some cases, be provided by less
conventional means, such as via the use of alternative dispute
resolution tools.