Collaboration Modelling Framework for Courts Hearing Workflow Specification

Effectiveness of the legal sector is highly relying on the coordination of collaborative workflow activities to cope with highly dynamic and complex information exchanges among many different partners. In this work, we have proposed a set of legal transaction patterns that could facilitate legal collaboration modeling for courts hearing procedure with the objective of facilitating the specification of legal case hearing workflows. These transactions patterns were developed in align with UN/CEFACT’s recommendations for business collaboration modeling with promising results in modeling complex legal collaborations. The two main contributions of this work are collaboration modelling framework and application of the framework in courts hearing legal process specification. The application of collaboration modelling framework resulted possibility of streamlining and then to ensure coordination among workflow activities to achieve productivity and efficiency. Keywords: Legal Workflow, Legal Collaboration Modelling, Courts Hearing, Transaction Patterns