Формы осуществления дистанционного правосудия в России

Abstract

There is a growing tendency of distribution of online arbitration and the active use of digital technologies in exercising of justice in the modern law and economy digitization conditions. Online arbitration under the Arbitration Association has been operating in Russia since 2015. Thus, informatization of the Russian judicial system starting from the My Arbitrator information system, the use of video conferencing and audio recording positively affects the assurance of access to justice, lowering of the burden on the court administration and acceleration of judicial proceedings in general. Legal experts coming across extraordinary circumstances in the modern conditions, complicated epidemiological situation in the world study the opportunities for proceedings held completely online from the standpoint of law and the existing technologies. Online arbitration is becoming more and more popular as a dispute resolution form, the digital technology application sphere is broadening. At the same time, parties to a distant procedure encounter some problems caused by the absence of technical skills of the court administration, violation of terms for review of motions for online proceedings and some others. This article is dedicated to the study of forms of exercising of distant justice in Russia and the analysis of the indicated problems. The authors of the article conclude that Internet conferencing resources should be used to a greater extent in the course of review of cases in courts and arbitral authorities. The authors provide and analyze the judicial practice of online proceedings and conclude on the reasons hindering extended application of the Internet justice.