Court case delays left assault victim waiting over a year – BBC News
‘The government has announced emergency funding to help tackle huge delays in court trials.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: trials
Call for vulnerable victims to give video evidence amid courts backlog – The Guardian
‘Up to 10,000 vulnerable victims facing long delays for trials should be allowed to give evidence by video in an attempt to stop them falling out of the system, according to the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 5th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Courts backlog ‘tipping point’ for justice system – BBC News
‘The number of criminal cases waiting to be dealt with by Crown Courts threatens to overwhelm the justice system in England and Wales, a study suggests.’
BBC News, 30th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Justice must be for all’: why court intermediaries are vital for vulnerable people – The Guardian
‘Concerns are growing that a service to help people follow court proceedings in England and Wales is to be privatised and deregulated.’
The Guardian, 28th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
John Leslie trial: Ex-Blue Peter presenter cleared of sex assault – BBC News
‘Former TV presenter John Leslie has been found not guilty of sexual assault.’
BBC News, 19th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Hillsborough trial of three men delayed again – BBC News
‘The trial of two former police officers and a police solicitor accused of altering police statements after the Hillsborough disaster has been delayed.’
BBC News, 8th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Sumption: justice faces digital trade-off – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The court system faces a trade-off between the quality of justice and the cost of delivering it, former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption has said in a biting assessment of virtual hearings. Speaking at the Commercial Litigators’ Forum, Lord Sumption (Jonathan Sumption QC) said if quality of justice was the only concern “we would go back to ordinary oral hearings.” ‘
Law Society's Gazette, 5th October 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Courtroom drama: Salford’s Lowry Theatre to become Nightingale court – The Guardian
‘There are many barristers who like to imagine they could have succeeded on the stage, hamming it up in their wigs and gowns and addressing the jury like Laurence Olivier doing Richard III.’
The Guardian, 23rd September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge refuses to stand aside amid row over UK Covid trial delays – The Guardian
‘A senior judge has refused to step down from a case involving custody time limits after she replaced another judge who criticised the government over delays in delivering justice.’
The Guardian, 18th September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge makes formal complaint over Covid custody waits – BBC News
‘A judge has claimed he was put under “improper and undue influence” to keep a defendant in custody.’
BBC News, 11th September 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Custody time limit to be increased to ease court case backlog in England – The Guardian
‘Unconvicted defendants awaiting trial in prison face longer stints behind bars, as ministers plan to increase custody time limits to ease the pressure of a rising backlog of court cases, the Guardian understands.’
The Guardian, 6th September 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Harry Dunn death: Anne Sacoolas faces possible trial in absentia – The Guardian
‘The attorney general for England and Wales, Suella Braverman, is considering trying the wife of a US intelligence officer in her absence on a charge of causing the death by dangerous driving of the teenager Harry Dunn.’
The Guardian, 25th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
Vulnerable victims to give pre-recorded evidence to trials – BBC News
‘Children and other vulnerable victims of crime can pre-record evidence to avoid attending court from today.’
BBC News, 24th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
City giant self-reports to SRA after trial streamed live on Zoom – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A City firm which disobeyed a court order and allowed a libel trial to be live streamed to clients abroad has reported itself to the regulator.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th August 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Top judge slates firm over trial live-stream breach – Legal Futures
‘The president of the Queen’s Bench Division has strongly criticised lawyers in the London office of US firm McDermott Will & Emery (MWE) after they allowed a trial to be live-streamed to observers outside the UK without the court’s permission.’
Legal Futures, 7th August 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Justice secretary drops plan to replace jury trials – Legal Futures
‘Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland has dropped a widely criticised plan to replace juries in some criminal trials with a judge and two magistrates.’
Legal Futures, 23rd July 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
