Kerry Hudson
@hudsonkerry.bsky.social
Criminal Defence Solicitor @BullivantLaw Past President @lccsa Migrating from X. Keeping all the plates spinning (just about)
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And the #LALY25 winner for Criminal Defence is Manisha Knights MK Law Solicitors
mk-law.co.uk/team-members...
mk-law.co.uk/team-members...
Manisha Knights
Manisha is founder and Director at MK Law, She is passionate about her field of law and always knew that she would pursue a criminal defence
mk-law.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
And the #LALY25 winner for Criminal Defence is Manisha Knights MK Law Solicitors
mk-law.co.uk/team-members...
mk-law.co.uk/team-members...
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Not only do we have 1/5 of courts not sitting at a time of record backlogs, but for the past three days the Crown Court Digital Case System - the engine on which the whole system runs - has been broken.
November 21, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Not only do we have 1/5 of courts not sitting at a time of record backlogs, but for the past three days the Crown Court Digital Case System - the engine on which the whole system runs - has been broken.
Current biggest bugbear is not being told about withdrawal statements until the day of trial when they were made months ago. Surely any "policy" to hold these back from the defence until the last minute is contrary to ongoing statutory disclosure duties? Also the cause of a lot of wasted trial slots
November 21, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Current biggest bugbear is not being told about withdrawal statements until the day of trial when they were made months ago. Surely any "policy" to hold these back from the defence until the last minute is contrary to ongoing statutory disclosure duties? Also the cause of a lot of wasted trial slots
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Trials are being adjourned from 2024 to 2026 at one London court with capacity issues.
Imagine getting the call to be told your trial (on either side of the courtroom) was being delayed.
It won’t start on time.
Not by 2 hours. Or days. Not by 2 weeks. Or months.
But 2 years.
Imagine getting the call to be told your trial (on either side of the courtroom) was being delayed.
It won’t start on time.
Not by 2 hours. Or days. Not by 2 weeks. Or months.
But 2 years.
November 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Trials are being adjourned from 2024 to 2026 at one London court with capacity issues.
Imagine getting the call to be told your trial (on either side of the courtroom) was being delayed.
It won’t start on time.
Not by 2 hours. Or days. Not by 2 weeks. Or months.
But 2 years.
Imagine getting the call to be told your trial (on either side of the courtroom) was being delayed.
It won’t start on time.
Not by 2 hours. Or days. Not by 2 weeks. Or months.
But 2 years.
Reposted by Kerry Hudson
Nothing like a broken Crown Court Digital Case System when we've all been forced to go paperless...another level of "broken" to add to the ongoing bin fire previously known as the Criminal Justice System. PS clearing the cookies doesn't work!
November 20, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Nothing like a broken Crown Court Digital Case System when we've all been forced to go paperless...another level of "broken" to add to the ongoing bin fire previously known as the Criminal Justice System. PS clearing the cookies doesn't work!
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A good start to the day. A case from 2014 gets adjourned for the 8th time, to 2026. In other news, the digital system that we all use to access cases, is, for the second day running, down.
November 19, 2024 at 12:31 PM
A good start to the day. A case from 2014 gets adjourned for the 8th time, to 2026. In other news, the digital system that we all use to access cases, is, for the second day running, down.
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If you haven’t noticed yet the Criminal Justice System in the UK is broken. In every direction.
November 18, 2024 at 9:48 PM
If you haven’t noticed yet the Criminal Justice System in the UK is broken. In every direction.