# Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Liz Hardie. It was first published in 2024.

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## Tables

Table 2: Hearings conducted in 2022 and 2023 by jurisdiction and format (%): Adapted from (2024)., A lens on justice: The move to remote justice 2020 2024., ©2024 The Bar Council

## Text

Evaluation of remote hearings during the COVID 19 pandemic: Clark, Janet. (2021) Evaluation of remote hearings during the COVID 19 pandemic., HM Courts and Tribunal service., © Crown copyright 2021., Reproduced under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0., ( nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-governmentlicence/version/3)

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