Guidance

HMCTS Common Platform: participating criminal courts

Find out when the Common Platform case management system is going live in a court.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Published
30 March 2021
Last updated
21 June 2023 — See all updates

This guidance was withdrawn on

This page is no longer being updated as Common Platform is now live in every criminal court in England and Wales.

Applies to England and Wales

Common Platform is a digital case management system. It helps users manage and share criminal case information more effectively. This includes HMCTS staff, the judiciary and professional court users such as defence lawyers and the Crown Prosecution Service.

To use the service, you must have an account. If you’re a defence professional, your firm or chambers must register you for your account.

Once your organisation has registered and you have activated your account, you can start accessing cases in Common Platform.

See if a court is already live with Common Platform on our Find a court or tribunal service.

Courts going live soon

These are indicative dates and may change in line with governance or operational readiness.

Week beginning 19 June 2023

  • Central London Criminal Court
  • City of London Magistrates’ Court
  • City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court
  • Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Courts
  • Southwark Crown Court
  • Wood Green Crown Court

Week beginning 26 June 2023

  • Harrogate Magistrates’ Court
  • Scarborough Justice Centre
  • Skipton Magistrates’ Court
  • York Crown Court
  • York Magistrates’ Court

Week beginning 17 July 2023

  • Barkingside Magistrates’ Court
  • Romford Magistrates’ Court
  • Snaresbrook Crown Court
  • Stratford Magistrates’ Court
  • Thames Magistrates’ Court

Updates to this page

Published 30 March 2021
Last updated 21 June 2023 + show all updates

  1. A new section has been added in, between week beginning 19 June and week beginning 17 July.

  2. Updated list of courts.

  3. Added courts due to go live soon.

  4. Removed courts that have already gone live with Common Platform.

  5. Updated page with courts due to go live soon.

  6. Removed list of courts due to go live with Common Platform because of scheduling changes. We’ll update the page when more dates are confirmed.

  7. Removed rescheduled courts from list of courts to go live soon.

  8. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  9. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  10. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  11. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  12. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live

  13. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live.

  14. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live.

  15. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live.

  16. Updated schedule for when courts are due to go live.

  17. Amended guidance so users can find out when a court is going live with Common Platform.

  18. Added 12 new courts to the south east list

  19. Additional courts in the North-east at Beverley, Bridlington, Grimsby and Hull added.

  20. New courts added in North-east and North-west.

  21. Courts in London and south-east added.

  22. Hereford Crown temporarily closed for building works. Courts in Boston, Lincoln, Amersham, Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes added.

  23. Additional venues in North-west, South-east and South-west added.

  24. Additonal courts in Wales added.

  25. Teesside courts added

  26. Additional courts added in the South-east.

  27. New venues added at Chester and Crewe.

  28. 10 courts added to list.

  29. New sites gone live.

  30. New common platform adopter sites added.

  31. 7 new sites added.

  32. First published.

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