N1. Deployment of resources
708. |
The efficient use of existing resources
requires the system to identify how judges, masters and administrative staff should best
be deployed in a manner responsive to the needs of the reforms. With changes, traditional
roles and case-loads may alter, requiring re-deployment. |
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709. |
For instance, there may be a need for more
masters to act as procedural judges in order to provide case management on the basis of
questionnaires filed by the parties at the initial stage of proceedings. Or it may be that
more judges should be deployed to eliminate interlocutory appellate bottle-necks and
thereby reduce waiting-times, and so forth. |
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710. |
The creation of non-traditional posts with new
job-specifications may be required by the reforms. For instance, it may be efficient to
appoint lay cost assessors to deal, at least initially, with the taxation of costs. A post
may have to be created for an information officer specifically tasked with providing
assistance to unrepresented litigants. Redeployments in the High Court Registry may be
required if paper applications increase in particular areas. If court-annexed mediation is
to be instituted, posts to administer the relevant scheme may have to be designed and
created. |
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711. |
An analysis of the demands or likely demands
made by the system should be conducted before and after any reforms take effect. Resources
should be flexibly matched to the needs identified: Proposal 77. |
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