Integrity of electronically stored Court Judgment Originals

AuthorityDepartment of Home Affairs
Date received2021-06-16
OutcomeInformation not held
Outcome date2021-06-21
Case ID1849994

Original Request

I am John Henry Griffin, ['the Appellant] in the Court of Appeal case 2DS 2019/09 John Henry Griffin and Her Majesty's Attorney General. On September 11th 2019, Trisha Sweeney [ Executive Officer, Civil Summary & Small Claims Team Manager, Courts Division] emailed me a document named "Judgment delivered 06.09.19.pdf". This document was a PDF version copy of the Microsoft Word original version of my Judgment, the 2DS 2019/09 Judgment. On September 30th 2020, Trisha Sweeney [ Executive Officer, Civil Summary & Small Claims Team Manager, Courts Division] emailed me a document named "Judgment delivered 06.09.19.docx". This document was a direct copy of the Microsoft Word version of my Judgment, the 2DS 2019/09 Judgment, as held in electronic storage by the Isle of Man Courts. On receipt of the Microsoft Word version copy of my court Judgment, I noticed that its authorship details differed from the PDF version of mycourt Judgment received a year earlier. Please inform me who changed the document authorship details on the original Microsoft Word version of the 2DS 2019/09 Judgment? Please inform me by whose authority was an amendment made to the original Microsoft Word version of the 2DS 2019/09 Judgment? Please inform me whether the court made any other amendments to the original Microsoft Word version of the 2DS 2019/09 Judgment? Please inform me of the date that the amendment (or amendments) took place? Please inform me whether is it customary for the Isle of Man Court's to make alterations to a Judgment after a Judgement has been delivered? Please inform me whether is it customary for the Isle of Man Court's to make alterations to a Judgment after a Judgement has been delivered, and without informing the Judgement's stakeholders(i.e. the Appellant and Respondent) of the alteration being made? Please inform me whether the Isle of Man Court's made similar alterations to any other Judgments?

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