UK Courts Service 'Covered Up' IT Bug That Lost Evidence (bbc.co.uk)
- Reference: 0178618184
- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/2133257/uk-courts-service-covered-up-it-bug-that-lost-evidence
- Source link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwye2q00k51o
> The body running courts in England and Wales has been accused of a cover-up, after a leaked report found it took several years to react to an IT bug that [2]caused evidence to go missing, be overwritten or appear lost . Sources within HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) say that as a result, judges in civil, family and tribunal courts will have made rulings on cases when evidence was incomplete. The internal report, leaked to the BBC, said HMCTS did not know the full extent of the data corruption, including whether or how it had impacted cases, as it had not undertaken a comprehensive investigation. It also found judges and lawyers had not been informed, as HMCTS management decided it would be "more likely to cause more harm than good." HMCTS says its internal investigation found no evidence that "any case outcomes were affected as a result of these technical issues." However, the former head of the High Court's family division, Sir James Munby, told the BBC the situation was "shocking" and "a scandal."
Bruce66423 comments: "Given the relative absence of such stories from the USA, should I congratulate you for better-quality software or for being better at covering up disasters?"
[1] https://slashdot.org/~Bruce66423
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwye2q00k51o
YOU MUST AQUIT! (Score:2)
YOU MUST AQUIT!
It's okay they can still just convict everybody (Score:2)
Like they did with those postal workers.
What I like about criminal justice systems is that they are all absolutely fucked up and terrible but they each have their own unique flavor of fucked up and terrible.
That's what happens when you focus on punishment instead of harm reduction. But a lot of people find punishment fun and not in the kinky fun way in the sadistic way.
Technical details of the faults (Score:2)
Technical details of faults with Judicial Case Manager, MyHMCTS, and CCD
* Lose uploaded documents, making evidence and filings inaccessible during live cases.
* Overwrite or corrupt files, so some case records showed only partial or incomplete evidence.
* Fail to notify users—judges, lawyers, and the public—that data was missing or files had not uploaded correctly, leading to decisions on incomplete case records.
* The systems affected include those managing benefit appeals, family case
Making it public would do more harm then good (Score:2)
To the people responsible for the data loss, who were making the decision. They apparently did not care about anyone else.
\o/ (Score:1)
Can we take the courts service to court?
If this were possible, presumably they would be administering their own case.
If evidence were to go missing this might help - how convenient.
There's something beautifully circular about this like a time loop or arresting somone for resisting arrest.
An oldie but a goodie! (Score:1)
Should have hired me instead, assholes!