Lord Justice Briggs, a Court of Appeal judge, who drew the package of reforms to the civil justice system

A senior judge has called for the establishment of an online court that does not have lawyers and can deal with claims of up to £25,000.

The move would give “effective access to justice without having to incur the disproportionate cost of using lawyers”, a report says.

The proposal is the centrepiece of a package of reforms to the civil justice system, drawn up by Lord Justice Briggs, a Court of Appeal judge, and commissioned by the lord chief justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, and the master of the rolls, Lord Dyson. “The online court project offers a radically different procedural and cultural approach to the resolution of civil disputes,” Lord Justice Briggs said.

An online court that would deal with thousands of claims a