It is a provocative, or the rant of a pensioner fasting technology, but the candid statement of an English judge, Peter Openshaw.
The admission came as he celebrated the hearing of a trial concerning offenses committed through computer tools. The Judge has, in fact, invited the parties to use a simpler language.

This news brought me back to my mind when I got the impression that the Judge to whom I was speaking, though extremely learned from the legal point of view, had no idea of ​​what a domain name or IP address.
This raises the problem of knowledge and skills as lawyers (and sponsor the best to follow the disputes of their customers) of the Judges (to decide the most of the cases dealt with).

I understand that you can not take a degree in computer science for judges and lawyers called on to decide cases that have to do with new technologies, as well as you do not require a medical degree to which courts should decide on a request for compensation from traffic accident.
However I believe there are some concepts (including what is a website ) which should now be included in the body of knowledge of a magistrate (as a lawyer) is like a road sign.

How to deal with this problem? How to solve this problem? I do not think that the proper way is to set up specialized sections of "new technologies", since these may have on the issues most different (from terrorism to the recovery of a debt). I think the best solution is to invest seriously in targeted training and require basic computer skills to new recruits.