Idle Courts
@idlecourts.bsky.social
A place originally set up to report the under-use of Crown Courts in England and Wales. Now a place to report on the daily failings of a system unable to cope.
On this Good Friday, while the world are remembering with admiration Prime Minister Blair’s Agreement, can we spare a thought for his other ‘achievement’, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. Vandalism of the first water. Raab, Truss, Grayling…..
April 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
On this Good Friday, while the world are remembering with admiration Prime Minister Blair’s Agreement, can we spare a thought for his other ‘achievement’, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. Vandalism of the first water. Raab, Truss, Grayling…..
Day in, day out, we see a fifth to a quarter of Crown Court courtrooms standing idle. And yet practitioners are running themselves ragged trying (and failing) to keep up. The backlog grows ever higher, overseen by a government with no remediation plan at all.
March 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Day in, day out, we see a fifth to a quarter of Crown Court courtrooms standing idle. And yet practitioners are running themselves ragged trying (and failing) to keep up. The backlog grows ever higher, overseen by a government with no remediation plan at all.
The Times: The Brief.
“The fact that your case is listed is no guarantee that your case will be heard.”
“The fact that your case is listed is no guarantee that your case will be heard.”
February 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Times: The Brief.
“The fact that your case is listed is no guarantee that your case will be heard.”
“The fact that your case is listed is no guarantee that your case will be heard.”
The lift at Maidstone Crown Court has got especially dressed up for the new year.
January 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The lift at Maidstone Crown Court has got especially dressed up for the new year.
Full article in thread.
December 14, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Full article in thread.
Today the government will deliver some warm words about criminal justice. Today the DPP slammed the unacceptable backlog as the worst he has ever seen. Unless they fix the courts and the retention and recruitment of those who work in them, anything they say is meaningless.
December 5, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Today the government will deliver some warm words about criminal justice. Today the DPP slammed the unacceptable backlog as the worst he has ever seen. Unless they fix the courts and the retention and recruitment of those who work in them, anything they say is meaningless.
This will ruffle some feathers.
December 2, 2024 at 5:51 AM
This will ruffle some feathers.
Not legal-related but I thought I’d share (on a platform that won’t descend into argument).
November 30, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Not legal-related but I thought I’d share (on a platform that won’t descend into argument).
Black Friday - 25% off.
November 29, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Black Friday - 25% off.
