Innovative Case & Court Docket Management Strategies

 
CASE, COURT
CASE, COURT
&
&
DOCKET MANAGEMENT
DOCKET MANAGEMENT
 
- Roshan Dalvi
 
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
 
Elements of management
Planning
Organising
Directing
Co-ordinating
Controlling
As propounded by the Management Guru, Peter
Drucker
 
The best way to predict the future
 is to create it
- Peter Drucker
 
MANAGEMENT IN THE JUDICIARY –
MANAGEMENT IN THE JUDICIARY –
MODEL COURT
MODEL COURT
 
Non-value added items – 
big rocks
Core competence – 
specialist Judges/court managers
Time Management – 
80/20 rule/ time frame
Procedural simplification – 
codes / rules /moon story
Paradigm shift – 
CBI
De-centralization – 
Service / Law clerks
Latest first – 
Frivolous suits / false defences / snake story
Sharing best practices –
 emulating the habits of the most successful
persons
Systemic challenges -
 Circle of control, influence & concern
Single (what)  / double (why) loop thinking –
 Goal vs.
Task / change task to reach goal / painter, singer story
Performance related promotions - 
PRP
Judicial Social Service – 
CSR / Legal aid & Legal services
Continuous education – 
The National Centre for State Courts, US
TEAM – 
Lawyers and Judges / Leadership training
 
Think Globally …… Act Locally
 
WHAT IS CASE MANAGEMENT?
WHAT IS CASE MANAGEMENT?
 
Practitioners and Judges becoming better at
what they do – i. e.,
 
Achieving the same end with less resources and
in less time.
 - Lord Justice Woolf,
Master of the Rolls, UK
 
To be a success  in any thing –
Be Daring …… Be First …… Be Different
 
How to do
MORE with less
 
CASE MANAGEMENT - for what?
CASE MANAGEMENT - for what?
 
Improving efficiency
Reducing delays
Cutting costs
 
Judges who think they are too busy to manage
cases are really too busy not to.  Indeed, the busiest
Judges with the heaviest dockets are the ones most
in need of sound case management practices.
- William Schwarzer
 
Lord Woolf Report
 
Basic Features
Procedural simplicity for expedition
Control by Judges as soon as defence filed
Peculiar to England
Costs
Expert witnesses
Unlimited Legal Aid
 
The best way
out is always
through.
– Robert Frost
 
Lord Woolf Report - Applicability
 
England
Simple Rules
Defence
Exchanging Witness
statements
Small claims / Fast Track /
Multi Track
Specialist Judges
 
Fixed Fees either for one stage
or as a whole
ADR – A  M  C
Capping of costs
 
India
Amendment to CPC / HC Rules
WS / Affidavit-in-Reply
Affidavit of examination-in-
Chief
Summary suits / Fast Track /
Others
Civil / Criminal Judges
Original / Appellate Sides
Package Deal
 
ADR – A  M  C & Lok Adalat
Imposing realistic costs
 
If there is a path, I’ll find it;
If there is no path, I’ll make it.
                              - Alexander
 
CASE MANAGEMENT
 
Ambit of Case Management
Ambit of Case Management
 
Procedural
 
 
Substantive
 
Infrastructure
 
Sensitivity
 
requiring
 
Human mind is like a parachute;
It works only when it is open
 
STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT
STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT
 
Service
Interim Applications
Ad-Interim relief
Salutary provisions 
(O7/R11, O10/R1, O12/R6,
O13/R1(3), O14/R2, O15/R1&3, O18/R1)
Court Commissioners
Oral applications
Most geniuses prosper not by deconstructing
intricate complexities,
but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities.
 
STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT (Contd…)
STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT (Contd…)
 
Written Statement
Original documents
Preliminary Decree
Issues
Admissions
Evidence
Compilation
 
Get not only the best from the best,
But the most from the least.
 
STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT (Contd…)
STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT (Contd…)
 
Arguments
Precedents 
(settled principles of law)
Judgment
Judgment on Arguments 
(Summary Judgment)
Costs
ADR
Summary Suits 
(Small claims)
 
Successful people do not do different things,
They do things differently.
 
COURT MANAGEMENT
 
ASPECTS OF COURT MANAGEMENT
ASPECTS OF COURT MANAGEMENT
 
Valuation 
(Court fees)
Scrutiny
Technicalities
Directions
Certified Copies
Group matters
New Suits
Case tracking
Expedition Orders
If rascals knew the value of honesty and fair dealing;
They’d be honest and deal fairly.
 
ASPECTS OF COURT MANAGEMENT
ASPECTS OF COURT MANAGEMENT
(Contd…)
(Contd…)
 
Discharge of Suits on Board
Classification of Suits
Registrar’s Powers
Time accountancy 
(performance standards -
balance sheet of cases)
Amendment of Statutes regarding notice –
s.80, s.527, s.164
 
It’s not the load that breaks you down;
It’s the way you carry it.
 
REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE
REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
 
Amendment to Orders in the CPC by the High
Courts (CPC)
High Court Practice Directions (HCPD)
Judicial Training (JT)
Precedents
Court Administration (CA)
 
Courts sitting with one eye open on law and
one eye closed on society – Justice Krishna Iyer
 
DOCKET MANAGEMENT
 
ASPECTS OF DOCKET MANAGEMENT
ASPECTS OF DOCKET MANAGEMENT
 
Service
Written Statement
Directions
Case tracking
Expedition orders
Discharge of board
Classification
Delegation of Powers
If we do not let the world teach us,
it teaches us a lesson
 
The best 10 two-letter words –
 
If it is to be,
It is up to me.
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Explore effective elements of management for case and court docket management, including planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. Learn about strategic approaches as advocated by Peter Drucker, and discover the significance of management in the judiciary model court along with insights on case management efficiency and resource optimization shared by Lord Justice Woolf.

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  1. CASE, COURT & DOCKET MANAGEMENT - Roshan Dalvi

  2. MANAGEMENT Elements of management Planning Organising Directing Co-ordinating Controlling As propounded by the Management Guru, Peter Drucker The best way to predict the future is to create it - Peter Drucker

  3. MANAGEMENT IN THE JUDICIARY MODEL COURT Non-value added items big rocks Core competence specialist Judges/court managers Time Management 80/20 rule/ time frame Procedural simplification codes / rules /moon story Paradigm shift CBI De-centralization Service / Law clerks Latest first Frivolous suits / false defences / snake story Sharing best practices emulating the habits of the most successful persons Systemic challenges - Circle of control, influence & concern Single (what) / double (why) loop thinking Goal vs. Task / change task to reach goal / painter, singer story Performance related promotions - PRP Judicial Social Service CSR / Legal aid & Legal services Continuous education The National Centre for State Courts, US TEAM Lawyers and Judges / Leadership training Think Globally Act Locally

  4. WHAT IS CASE MANAGEMENT? Practitioners and Judges becoming better at what they do i. e., Achieving the same end with less resources and in less time. - Lord Justice Woolf, Master of the Rolls, UK How to do MORE with less To be a success in any thing Be Daring Be First Be Different

  5. CASE MANAGEMENT - for what? Improving efficiency Reducing delays Cutting costs Judges who think they are too busy to manage cases are really too busy not to. Indeed, the busiest Judges with the heaviest dockets are the ones most in need of sound case management practices. - William Schwarzer

  6. Lord Woolf Report Basic Features Procedural simplicity for expedition Control by Judges as soon as defence filed Peculiar to England Costs Expert witnesses Unlimited Legal Aid The best way out is always through. Robert Frost

  7. Lord Woolf Report - Applicability England Simple Rules Defence Exchanging Witness statements Small claims / Fast Track / Multi Track Specialist Judges India Amendment to CPC / HC Rules WS / Affidavit-in-Reply Affidavit of examination-in- Chief Summary suits / Fast Track / Others Civil / Criminal Judges Original / Appellate Sides Package Deal Fixed Fees either for one stage or as a whole ADR A M C Capping of costs ADR A M C & Lok Adalat Imposing realistic costs If there is a path, I ll find it; If there is no path, I ll make it. - Alexander

  8. CASE MANAGEMENT

  9. Ambit of Case Management Procedural Infrastructure Sensitivity Substantive Human mind is like a parachute; It works only when it is open

  10. STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT Service Interim Applications Ad-Interim relief Salutary provisions (O7/R11, O10/R1, O12/R6, O13/R1(3), O14/R2, O15/R1&3, O18/R1) Court Commissioners Oral applications Most geniuses prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities, but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities.

  11. STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT (Contd) Written Statement Original documents Preliminary Decree Issues Admissions Evidence Compilation

  12. STAGES OF CASE MANAGEMENT (Contd) Arguments Precedents (settled principles of law) Judgment Judgment on Arguments (Summary Judgment) Costs ADR Summary Suits (Small claims) Successful people do not do different things, They do things differently.

  13. COURT MANAGEMENT

  14. ASPECTS OF COURT MANAGEMENT Valuation (Court fees) Scrutiny Technicalities Directions Certified Copies Group matters New Suits Case tracking Expedition Orders If rascals knew the value of honesty and fair dealing; They d be honest and deal fairly.

  15. ASPECTS OF COURT MANAGEMENT (Contd ) Discharge of Suits on Board Classification of Suits Registrar s Powers Time accountancy (performance standards - balance sheet of cases) Amendment of Statutes regarding notice s.80, s.527, s.164 It s not the load that breaks you down; It s the way you carry it.

  16. REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT Amendment to Orders in the CPC by the High Courts (CPC) High Court Practice Directions (HCPD) Judicial Training (JT) Precedents Court Administration (CA) Courts sitting with one eye open on law and one eye closed on society Justice Krishna Iyer

  17. DOCKET MANAGEMENT

  18. ASPECTS OF DOCKET MANAGEMENT Service Written Statement Directions Case tracking Expedition orders Discharge of board Classification Delegation of Powers If we do not let the world teach us, it teaches us a lesson

  19. The best 10 two-letter words If it is to be, It is up to me.

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