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Rape trial delays worsen as barristers’ pay gap widens
As more sexual offence trials are postponed because no prosecution barrister is available, experts blame a pay disparity between prosecution and defence lawyers
@thetimes.com Times Law
www.thetimes.com/article/aa05...
As more sexual offence trials are postponed because no prosecution barrister is available, experts blame a pay disparity between prosecution and defence lawyers
@thetimes.com Times Law
www.thetimes.com/article/aa05...
Rape trial delays worsen as barristers’ pay gap widens
As more sexual offence trials are postponed because no prosecution barrister is available, experts blame a pay disparity between prosecution and defence lawyers
www.thetimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Rape trial delays worsen as barristers’ pay gap widens
As more sexual offence trials are postponed because no prosecution barrister is available, experts blame a pay disparity between prosecution and defence lawyers
@thetimes.com Times Law
www.thetimes.com/article/aa05...
As more sexual offence trials are postponed because no prosecution barrister is available, experts blame a pay disparity between prosecution and defence lawyers
@thetimes.com Times Law
www.thetimes.com/article/aa05...
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Every single one of your voices count
Whether you have just obtained tenancy, just been made silk
3 years or 30 years call
Your evidence matters on what work you do in and out of our criminal courts, for how long and how much more
Please complete the National Survey.
Thank you
Whether you have just obtained tenancy, just been made silk
3 years or 30 years call
Your evidence matters on what work you do in and out of our criminal courts, for how long and how much more
Please complete the National Survey.
Thank you
February 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Every single one of your voices count
Whether you have just obtained tenancy, just been made silk
3 years or 30 years call
Your evidence matters on what work you do in and out of our criminal courts, for how long and how much more
Please complete the National Survey.
Thank you
Whether you have just obtained tenancy, just been made silk
3 years or 30 years call
Your evidence matters on what work you do in and out of our criminal courts, for how long and how much more
Please complete the National Survey.
Thank you
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Another push to everyone that needs to complete the @thecriminalbar.bsky.social survey. It will take about 15 minutes but is absolutely vital moving forward. Please do fill it in if you haven’t already done so. And if you have, thank you so much!
February 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Another push to everyone that needs to complete the @thecriminalbar.bsky.social survey. It will take about 15 minutes but is absolutely vital moving forward. Please do fill it in if you haven’t already done so. And if you have, thank you so much!
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Harrow Crown Court had RAAC and closed for '6-9 months'
By the time it fully reopens, the closure will have lasted two-and-a-half years
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/harr...
By the time it fully reopens, the closure will have lasted two-and-a-half years
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/harr...
Crown Court closure due to crumbling concrete extended to 2026
Harrow crown court will have been shut for two-and-a-half years by the time it reopens fully in 2026
www.standard.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Harrow Crown Court had RAAC and closed for '6-9 months'
By the time it fully reopens, the closure will have lasted two-and-a-half years
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/harr...
By the time it fully reopens, the closure will have lasted two-and-a-half years
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/harr...
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“Government cannot champion long term crime and justice policies and ambitions, without recognising the need for investment in the courts, advocates, and trial process.”
CBA Vice Chair Riel Karmy-Jones KC
Another Government-commissioned review of criminal courts.
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
CBA Vice Chair Riel Karmy-Jones KC
Another Government-commissioned review of criminal courts.
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Crime victims could take 'law into their own hands' amid horrifying court delays
The Ministry of Justice on Thursday admitted it is considering "fundamental reform" in the courts after the crown court backlog almost doubled in five years.
www.express.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 1:17 PM
“Government cannot champion long term crime and justice policies and ambitions, without recognising the need for investment in the courts, advocates, and trial process.”
CBA Vice Chair Riel Karmy-Jones KC
Another Government-commissioned review of criminal courts.
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
CBA Vice Chair Riel Karmy-Jones KC
Another Government-commissioned review of criminal courts.
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Decisions have to be made as to how over 70,000 serious criminal cases waiting to be heard will be dealt with. Every case matters for the people in it.
December 15, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Decisions have to be made as to how over 70,000 serious criminal cases waiting to be heard will be dealt with. Every case matters for the people in it.
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Hundreds of trials derailed by failure to get defendants to court on time | UK criminal justice | The Guardian
@theguardian.com @michaelgoodier.bsky.social
and Matthew Weaver
www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...
@theguardian.com @michaelgoodier.bsky.social
and Matthew Weaver
www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...
December 10, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Hundreds of trials derailed by failure to get defendants to court on time | UK criminal justice | The Guardian
@theguardian.com @michaelgoodier.bsky.social
and Matthew Weaver
www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...
@theguardian.com @michaelgoodier.bsky.social
and Matthew Weaver
www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...
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Justice isn’t working.
The Guardian view on the courts in crisis: long waits are a route to injustice
@theguardian.com Editorial
Delayed trials don’t get enough attention. But they are harmful both to individuals and society
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the courts in crisis: long waits are a route to injustice
@theguardian.com Editorial
Delayed trials don’t get enough attention. But they are harmful both to individuals and society
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Justice isn’t working.
The Guardian view on the courts in crisis: long waits are a route to injustice
@theguardian.com Editorial
Delayed trials don’t get enough attention. But they are harmful both to individuals and society
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the courts in crisis: long waits are a route to injustice
@theguardian.com Editorial
Delayed trials don’t get enough attention. But they are harmful both to individuals and society
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sitting days
On the last working day of November 2024 one in four Crown Court rooms were not hearing cases. They were closed. That is 123 out of 492 Crown Court rooms in England and Wales.
Statement attached contained in Chair’s Monday Message
On the last working day of November 2024 one in four Crown Court rooms were not hearing cases. They were closed. That is 123 out of 492 Crown Court rooms in England and Wales.
Statement attached contained in Chair’s Monday Message
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Sitting days
On the last working day of November 2024 one in four Crown Court rooms were not hearing cases. They were closed. That is 123 out of 492 Crown Court rooms in England and Wales.
Statement attached contained in Chair’s Monday Message
On the last working day of November 2024 one in four Crown Court rooms were not hearing cases. They were closed. That is 123 out of 492 Crown Court rooms in England and Wales.
Statement attached contained in Chair’s Monday Message
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The removal of the right to jury trial.
Reducing the current backlog of cases in the Crown Court and ensuring that it does not continue to increase will take time and substantial financial investment.
Statement attached contained in Chair’s Monday Message
Reducing the current backlog of cases in the Crown Court and ensuring that it does not continue to increase will take time and substantial financial investment.
Statement attached contained in Chair’s Monday Message
December 2, 2024 at 7:42 PM
The removal of the right to jury trial.
Reducing the current backlog of cases in the Crown Court and ensuring that it does not continue to increase will take time and substantial financial investment.
Statement attached contained in Chair’s Monday Message
Reducing the current backlog of cases in the Crown Court and ensuring that it does not continue to increase will take time and substantial financial investment.
Statement attached contained in Chair’s Monday Message