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Published on: 4/3/2008
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Anthony Maton, member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association's IT committee, said the delay was the result of 'short-sighted planning' that jeopardised the reputation of the Commercial Court.
'Now we have at least another year of delay, with no actual promise that anything will happen by 2010, which means that when the Commercial Court opens in its brand-new building, it will do so without the needed IT,' he said. 'It is impossible to think of any commercial law firm opening a new building without the necessary IT, and nor should the government.