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information technology to improve access to justice, promote the efficiency of

judges and the courts, and strengthen public trust and confidence. To that
end, we have structured a Digital Strategic Plan and we aim to fully transform

to become a Digital Court in the year 2020. I shall address some of the recent

developments implemented by the Office of the Judiciary in relation to the
application of technology in response to the abovementioned strategies.

Regarding the improvement of access to justice, the President of the

Supreme Court has issued a Directive on an Electronic Filing System allowing

litigants to send and receive pleadings, notices, court orders and other relevant

documents online. In addition, required court fees and trial expenses may now

be paid online via credit or debit card, bank transfer or other methods
specified in the Announcement of the Office of the Judiciary. Recently we

have replaced the costly and time-consuming mailing of letters or making

announcements in newspapers with the innovation of an e-Notice system.
The Court will now announce court appointments, schedules and important

notices online or upon the request of the parties through the secure central

website. We have also incorporated the use of Quick Response or QR Codes

instead of using paper-based forms such as the form for confirming court

appointments with witnesses, the form inviting parties to attend pre-trial
mediation and hereby making it faster and more convenient to reach out to

the public and court users.

Moreover, in the case where either of the parties or witnesses

are foreign nationals who cannot understand Thai, and the provision of an
interpreter is required by law, we have also established the E-Justice

Conference Centre, whose function is to enable the interpreters to perform

their translating duty via teleconference without being present at the court,

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