artificial intelligence preparing for its landing Alicante courts inside pilot plan will be released in commercial courtsAs sources from the Palace of Justice confirmed to this newspaper. An attempt that can be made change working methods These are used to speed up procedural proceedings at the Palace of Justice. One of the most common complaints in the Administration of Justice is Working with 19th century media in the 21st centurywhere technological delays are the order of the day.
The program will begin to be implemented experimentally in Commercial Courts. Bankruptcies for natural persons. It is a type of procedure that has boomed in recent years since the economic situation began to worsen as a result of the pandemic. Some Individuals who cannot pay their debts due to a decrease in economic income They went to law firms that specialize in settling all debts. Total so far this year 900 bankruptcy procedures This overwhelmed the courts.
“Approximately very complex and cumbersome procedures due to the large number of documents that need to be considered and coming from a wide variety of sources,” Alicante’s senior judge explained to this newspaper: Cesar Martinez. The project will consist of a collection and Verification of documents is in the hands of artificial intelligence. The province has three Commercial Courts and also another Commercial Court in Alicante. Elche; added to this Eighth Part of the Hearing It is responsible for resolving objections regarding the decisions made by these bodies.
During this period, Commercial Courts Ministry of Justice and Directorate General of Information and Communication Technologies (DGTIC) They are finalizing the use of this technology with a multinational company in order to speed up the processing of procedures.
The idea is to apply this to bankruptcy proceedings, but with the perspective of being able to start applying them to other types of matters and jurisdictions. However, this will depend on the results of initial studies.
background check
President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Valencian Community, Olive ColumnWe have previously emphasized the importance of these new technologies for the modernization of justice. “Thanks to this tool, only in 2021242,000 criminal records canceled ex officio across Spainbeneficial 230,000 plaintiffs and 7,000 hours of working hours of civil servants were saved, “According to data from the Ministry of Justice,” he assured in his opening speech of the judicial year. Although this fact does not quite coincide with the delay of the courts in introducing new technologies.Implementation of new laws on the organization of the judicial branchand the disappearance of paper being replaced by the digital file.
During his speeches, De la Oliva put his feet on the ground to show how far the Community courts are from these technological modernities. “Before we reach the more or less near future, We must improve the technological and computer tools we currently have.“He also gave examples of some of its weaknesses. “We urgently need a new procedure management system, because attempts to change it have not yielded the expected results so far. we also need Computer systems that allow us to interact with other governments and systems video conferences work properly“To avoid delays and costly expenses of the administration,” he noted. One of the problems experienced by the courts is the incompatibility of systems when communicating with computers of other autonomous communities.
The Ministry of Justice has various tools that use artificial intelligence to facilitate and speed up the work of the courts, but these are not currently accessible to the Alicante courts. “Communities that do not have these rights delegated powers “They tend to roll out these technologies more quickly,” a lawyer for the Administration of Justice told this newspaper.We keep scoring with sticks to keep statistics“, aforementioned.
The uses some Spanish courts are currently providing for AI include: anonymization of judicial decisions so that they can be consulted publicly without disclosing personal data; the document classification; textualization of views; auctions; electronic notifications or calculation of sentence accumulations.
human factor
President of the Court of Alicante and currently a judge of the Supreme Court Vicente Magro He assured this newspaper that artificial intelligence offers countless possibilities for the Administration of Justice, but You should not forget that it is a tool free of errors. and therefore it is essential to have human control.
According to Magro, this will be very helpful when trying to identify case law. “From that Observatory against Domestic and Gender-Based Violence At the General Assembly of the Judiciary, we spend a lot of time gathering information on penalties for sexist crimes. “Sometimes these tools can speed up the work a lot,” he said. recidivism control, statute of limitations These are other topics that artificial intelligence deals with It can be very helpful as it can collect large amounts of data quickly.