Joanna Higgins, Ministry of Justice

Joanna Higgins is a communications advisor at the Ministry of Justice leading on criminal justice reform. She previously worked in digital communications and as a science communication expert at the Food Standards Agency. She moved into communications after a career as a microbiologist, where she was responsible for developing policy and managing research at the Food Standards Agency.

The digital court

Joanna Higgins, Ministry of Justice, 22 October 2013 - Frontline work, Making organisations work well

A team at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court is showing how cases can be heard digitally, in a test of what a magistrates’ court could look like in the future. From transferring money to downloading music, digital technologies are used in every …

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