About the Department
The Justice Department of the Velocity Interoperability Network administers the Network Court, provides for the resolution of disputes between member organisations of the Velocity Interoperability Network, and is responsible for the enforcement of the rules and standards of the Network.
The Department was established on 6 September 2026. On the same day the Network Court was constituted in four divisions, five tribunals of the Network were brought into being, the Rules of the Network Court 2026 were made, and the register of decisions was opened. The bodies and their sitting days are listed on the Courts and Tribunals page.
The Department's work rests on a simple division. Disputes between members belong first to the members themselves, then to mediation, and only then to the Court. Obligations that a member owes to the Network as a whole are a matter for the Enforcement Office, which acts on notice before it acts in court. Questions about what a rule means are decided once, publicly, and published so that every member may rely on the answer.
Offices of the Department
- Registry of the Network Court
- Receives statements of matter, allocates them to a division or tribunal, serves them on the parties, keeps the record of each matter, lists sittings and publishes the Court's decisions in the register.
- Dispute Resolution Service
- Maintains the panel of 24 mediators, receives referrals from members, appoints a mediator to each referral and issues mediation certificates where mediation concludes without agreement.
- Enforcement Office
- Monitors compliance with the rules and standards of the Network, issues compliance notices, brings applications to the Enforcement Division on behalf of Network departments and reports on compliance with the Court's orders.
- Office of the Spokesperson
- Issues the Department's press releases and official statements through the Newsroom, and answers enquiries from members about the Department's work.
What the Department does not do
- The Department does not advise on the merits of a matter
- Neither the Registry nor the Dispute Resolution Service tells a member whether it is likely to succeed, or how a statement of the matter should be argued.
- The Department does not make the rules it enforces
- The rules and interoperability standards of the Network are made elsewhere. The Department decides what they mean when members disagree, and enforces them when a member does not comply.
- The Department does not comment on undecided matters
- Nothing is said publicly about a matter that has been lodged until the decision is given and published in the register.
Enquiries
General enquiries may be sent to contact@justice.gov.vin. For the steps in the establishment of the Department and of the Court, see History; for answers to common questions, see the frequently asked questions.