The digitalisation of the justice system is transforming processes throughout the entire legal proceedings. Electronic files, digital proceedings, the nationwide judicial cloud and new communication platforms are fundamentally reshaping collaboration between the courts, the legal profession, notaries and the administration. For digital proceedings to deliver their full benefits in practice, all parties involved must be integrated into digital processes reliably and without any disruption across different media.

This involves dealing with varying levels of digitalisation, technical requirements and system landscapes. A lack of interoperability complicates digital legal proceedings and highlights that the modernisation of the judiciary can only succeed in collaboration with the legal profession and notaries. At the same time, the question arises as to how citizens can be granted easy access to legal advice and representation, even within digital proceedings.

What requirements arise for the legal profession and notaries in digital legal proceedings? How must communication platforms, online litigation procedures and the nationwide judicial cloud be designed to ensure they meaningfully involve all parties to the proceedings? What common standards and framework conditions are required to enable end-to-end digital proceedings without any disruption in the flow of information?