HMCTS architecture

Architecture is integral to the design and delivery of all products and services that we produce and maintain for the justice system.

All architects, and anyone involved in the architecture and design of products and services, should follow the HMCTS architecture principles when designing digital solutions for the justice system.

In this section

• HMCTS architecture principles — best practice when designing systems and services for HMCTS and the wider justice sector
• Our capabilities — the categories we use to describe the business services we offer
• Our API technologies — the technologies used to build and publish HMCTS APIs

Integration patterns

Guidance for architects and engineers on choosing the right integration approach when publishing or consuming an API is set out in the API producer standards.

Guidance and documentation

Our architects’ guidance on how architecture works in practice to support and improve justice services sits alongside the rest of the documentation, guides and tutorials.