HCPTS publishes Remote Hearing Guidance
This document sets out how our approach to holding hearings during the pandemic.
Update 2 September 2024: The Remote Hearing Guidance document has since been replaced with the Hearing Format and Location (previously known as Hearing Venues) Practice Note. This Practice Note is in-line with the new post-Covid ways of working following permanent changes to our legislation in November 2023. Click here to view the Hearing Format Practice Note.
We have published a Remote Hearing Guidance document in which we set out our approach to holding hearings during the pandemic.
The current pandemic necessitates that hearings should be undertaken in such a way as to minimise the risk of transmission of COVID-19, avoid any unnecessary delays and ensure that public protection is upheld.