LexNet is a platform for the secure exchange of information between judicial bodies and a wide range of legal operators who, in their daily work, need to exchange judicial documents (notifications, pleadings and lawsuits).
Several years have passed since its implementation and LexNet has become as common a secure working tool in the field of judicial communications as telephone, fax or e-mail. The system, which began operating in 2004:
- It has more than 40,000 users.
- It is used in more than 2,600 judicial bodies.
- And it has made it possible to exchange more than 100,000,000 messages.
Lexnet, as its name suggests (the Law on the Web), aims to extend a large part of the services offered by the Administration of Justice through the Internet, making them accessible from anywhere and at any time. At present, the system allows:
- The secure exchange of information.
- The use of a recognised electronic signature.
- Access via web.
- 24×7 operation.
- Paper saving.
- Immediate communications.
As for the users who are currently using the system are:
- Judicial Bodies and Registry and Distribution Offices (Judicial Secretary).
- Solicitors and the College of Solicitors.
- State Attorney’s Office.
- Law offices dependent on the State Attorney’s Office (FOGASA, SEPES, AEAT and Insurance Compensation Consortium).
- Community Advocacy.
- SJSS Advocacy.
- Prosecutor’s offices.
- Lawyers and Bar Associations.
- Social Graduates.
- Free Legal Aid Commissions.
New Lexnet
To absorb the exponential growth that LexNet has experienced in recent years, the Ministry of Justice has developed a new LexNet system supported by a new, more powerful and scalable architecture and by a new version of the application that improves the user interface and allows a more efficient use and its future extension to a greater number of platforms.
New lexnet:
The new LexNet system is deployed in Melilla, Castilla La Mancha, Extremadura, Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Galicia, Valencia, Ceuta, Aragon, Andalusia, Castilla y León, Murcia, Central Bodies, Catalonia, Canary Islands, Madrid and Asturias.
Approved interconnections to Lexnet
Lexnet offers its users a completely free web interface with signing and sending capabilities.
However, LexNet also allows independent application developers to offer modules integrated with the different web services offered by LexNet (receiving notifications, sending documents, etc).
The developed applications have to pass an approval process in which the compliance with the Royal Decree regulating LexNet is verified.
The following solutions have been approved over the last few years:
| Application | Distribution Company | User type | LexNET Functionality | Date of approval |
| Tebar Legal Management | Desarrollos Informáticos Tebar SL. | Lawyer and Solicitor | Downloading of notifications and submission of procedural documents | 2015-03-10 |
| PortalNEOS | Architects of the TIC, S.L.L. | Lawyer and Social Graduate | Downloading completion confirmations | 2014-05-28 |
| Transmittal of copies and filing of pleadings | General Council of Solicitors of Spain | Procurator | Submission of formal pleadings and corrections | 2014-07-04 |
| GEDESPPROC | N/A | Procurator | Downloading completion confirmations | 2014-07-11 |
| LexNET Advocacy | General Council of Spanish Lawyers | Lawyer | Filing of formal pleadings, filing of initiating pleadings and downloading of notifications | 2014-09-08 |
| ESSLEY | ESSIMPLE OP2020 S.L. | Solicitors, Social Graduates and Lawyers | Receiving notifications | 2013-02-26 (Receipt of notifications) |
| TEKNUMCOL | NOW SOLUTIONS MURCIA | Administrators Solicitors | Querying notification headers for statistical purposes | 2012-09-13 |
| MANAGEMENT LA LEY.NET | WOLTERS KLUWER GROUP | Solicitors | Receiving notifications | 2012-02-15 (Receipt of notifications) |
| PROGES-ARCHIVEWIN | Technical Support and Software, S.L. | Solicitors | Receiving notifications | 2011-02-04 (Submissions) |
| MNPROGRAM | MNPROGRAM | Solicitors, Social Graduates and Lawyers | Receipt of notifications, dispatch of documents and transmission of copies | 2011-01-10 (Receipt of notifications from solicitors) 2013-03-05 (Receipt of notifications from lawyers and social workers, submission of written pleadings from lawyers and social workers, submission of written pleadings and transfer of copies to solicitors) |
| PROCESALNET | LEXMATICA | Receipt of notifications and sending of letters | Solicitors | 2010-10-01 (Submissions) |
| Office management | ADSOFT | Lawyers and Attorneys | Receipt of notifications and Sending of documents | 2010-04-23 (Receipt of notifications) 2010-06-29 (Sending of documents) 2010-06-29 (Sending of documents) |
| RIVAYA SIRC | Rivaya Solicitors | Solicitors | Receipt of notifications and Sending of documents | 2010-04-23 (Receipt of notifications) 2010-06-29 (Sending of documents) 2010-06-29 (Sending of documents) |
| INFOLEX Legal Management | Jurisoft | Solicitors and Lawyers | Receipt of notifications and Sending of documents | 2009-04-08 (Intake and Dispatch – Lawyers) |
| RIVAYA SIRC | Rivaya Solicitors | Solicitors | Receipt of notifications and Sending of documents | 2009-03-26 (Submissions) |
| PROGES-ARCHIVEWIN | Technical Support and Software, S.L. | Solicitors | Receiving notifications | 2009-03-24 (Receipt of notifications) |
| iProcura.com | LEGAL TELEMATIC SERVICES, S.L. | Solicitors | Receipt of notifications and Sending of documents | 2009-02-18 (Submissions) |
| Level Kmaleon | vel Programs | Solicitors | Receipt of notifications and Sending of documents | 2009-02-18 (Submissions) |
| INFOLEX Legal Management | Jurisoft | Solicitors and Lawyers | Receipt of notifications and Sending of documents | 2008-05-28 (Receiving and Sending – Solicitors) |