[{"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Firstly, I\u2019d like to thank the defence practitioners who took part in our research event at Liverpool QEII Law Courts on 25 January 2017."}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "We conducted two types of CJS Common Platform Programme research sessions. The first was 3 30-minute one-to-one interviews that tested the designs of the hearing result screens."}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "The second 90-minute session was on hearing events. A big thank you to Mike Leeman from BLJ Solicitors who took part in this session and the earlier 30 minute session."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "During the day, Rich Platt was fantastic, he helped take me to the area where lawyers get ready to go into court and introduced me to a number of practitioners. We spoke to them and explained about the research sessions that were taking part that day, why defence involvement is so important and asked if they would like to take part. A number of defence practitioners\u2019 took my contact details and said they would be in touch if their court cases finished in time."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "At 3pm, just before the second session was due to start a number of practitioners I had spoken to earlier in the day at Liverpool turned up to participate including a prosecutor. This clearly demonstrated to me an appetite from practitioners to get involved in our work, but showed we need to be flexible and work around their existing court commitments."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "So what did we learn in our sessions"}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "There were 29 participants involved in the research, which spanned 3 days and included Judges, staff from HMCTS, CPS, Probation Service and HMP Liverpool and defence practitioners."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "improvements to the screen designs, for example making the composition of the total sentence clearer\nimproved access to hearing result information in a more timely manner\nusers have different needs dependent on their roles"}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "We learnt from the practitioners and a prosecutor who undertook the card sort exercise in relation to hearing events:"}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Participants generally grouped the cards by 'hearing type', e.g. trials\nA few also grouped by 'subject', e.g. applications\nAll users agreed with the aims and principles behind removing free-text, as long as we provided for all eventualities"}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "The output from this research will help us to create and improve the screen designs for the common platform and how cases are resulted in the Crown Court. We will also use it in the next round of research and testing to ensure any changes meet the needs of users."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Yn gyntaf, hoffwn ddiolch i ymarferwyr yr amddiffyniad a gymerodd ran yn ein digwyddiad ymchwil yn Llysoedd Barn Brenhines Elisabeth yr Ail, Lerpwl ar 25 Ionawr 2017."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "Cynhaliom ddau fath o sesiynau ymchwil ar gyfer Rhaglen Platfform Cyffredin y System Cyfiawnder Troseddol. Roedd y sesiwn cyntaf yn cynnwys 3 cyfweliad un i un o 30 munud o hyd a oedd yn profi dyluniadau\u2019r sgriniau a oedd yn dangos canlyniadau gwrandawiadau."}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "Roedd yr ail sesiwn o 90 munud yn ymwneud a\u0302 digwyddiadau gwrandawiadau. Diolch yn fawr iawn i Mike Leeman o BLl Solicitors a gymerodd ran yn y sesiwn hwn a\u2019r sesiwn 30 munud yn gynharach."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "Yn ystod y dydd, roedd Rich Platt yn wych, i fynd a fi i\u2019r man lle\u2019r oedd cyfreithwyr yn paratoi i fynd i\u2019r llys yn ogystal a\u0302 fy nghyflwyno i nifer o ymarferwyr. Cawsom sgwrs gyda nhw i esbonio\u2019r sesiynau ymchwil a oedd yn cael eu cynnal y diwrnod hwnnw, pam fod cynnwys yr amddiffyniad mor bwysig a gofyn a hoffent gymryd rhan. Cymerodd nifer o ymarferwyr yr amddiffyniad fy manylion cyswllt gan ddweud y byddant yn cysylltu os byddai eu hachosion llys yn gorffen mewn pryd."}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "Am 3pm, cyn i\u2019r ail sesiwn gychwyn, daeth nifer o ymarferwyr yr oeddwn wedi siarad hefo nhw yn gynharach yn y dydd yn Lerpwl draw i gymryd rhan, gan gynnwys erlynydd. Dangosodd hyn yn glir bod gan ymarferwyr ddiddordeb mewn bod yn rhan o\u2019n gwaith, ond dangosodd bod angen inni fod yn hyblyg a gweithio o amgylch eu hymrwymiadau llys presennol."}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Beth wnaethom ni ddysgu yn ein sesiynau"}, {"text_idx": "#000027", "text": "Dysgom y canlynol gan ymarferwyr ac erlynydd a gymerodd ran yn yr ymarfer didoli cardiau mewn perthynas a\u0302 digwyddiadau gwrandawiadau:"}, {"text_idx": "#000028", "text": "Yn gyffredinol mi wnaeth y cyfranogwyr grwpio\u2019r cardiau fel \u2018math o wrandawiad\u2019, e.e. treialon\nHefyd, mi wnaeth rhai eu grwpio fel \u2018pwnc\u2019, e.e. ceisiadau\nCytunodd pob defnyddiwr gyda\u2019r nodau a'r egwyddorion dros dynnu'r testun rhydd, ar yr amod ein bod yn darparu ar gyfer pob posibilrwydd."}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Sign up for news and information from HMCTS and our monthly stakeholder newsletter"}]