Kim Hollis QC talking in The Times online regarding practical ways to reduce criminal courts backlog.
Two practical ways to reduce the criminal courts backlog.
The present backlog of cases in the Crown Courts stands at just under 60,000, which is around double the number before the start of the Covid crisis. The figure even before the pandemic was high, with victims, witnesses and defendants facing agonising lengthy waits with disruption to their lives before resolution.
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