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Longer time limits for court cases should not be the new normal, say MSPs

Extended time limits for court cases introduced in the wake of coronavirus should not “become the new normal”, a committee of MSPs has warned Scottish Government ministers. MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee said they were ...

04 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Northern Ireland

Courts backlog could stretch beyond 2027 without extra funding, minister warns

A backlog in crown court cases could extend beyond 2027 without additional funding for the justice sector, Naomi Long has warned. The Justice Minister said last month there were around 11,900 defendants in the court system compared with 7,300 at ...

15 Feb 2022 at 15:56

Labour vows to get ‘all hands on deck’ to tackle courts backlog

Labour has vowed to get “all hands on deck” to tackle the courts backlog, by opening the door for additional staff to take on more serious casework. The party says it would pave the way for a two-thirds increase in the number of people serving ...

28 Aug 2022 at 23:00

Scotland

Committee expresses impatience over delay to three-year justice plan

Scotland’s director-general of justice has been told to publish a delayed three-year plan for the sector following “impatience” from a Holyrood committee. Neil Rennick, the Scottish Government’s director-general for education and justice, ...

14 Sept 2023 at 11:36

Crown court backlog in England and Wales hits new record high

Jury trials could be scrapped in some cases after the crown court backlog almost doubled in five years, hitting another record high. The Government is considering “fundamental reform” of the courts after Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures ...

12 Dec 2024 at 19:12

Crown court backlog of cases passes 75,000 for first time

The crown court backlog in England and Wales has risen to a new record high, passing 75,000 cases for the first time. Data published on Thursday shows the open caseload stood at 76,957 at the end of March this year, up from 74,592 at ...

26 Jun 2025 at 16:32

List of crown court backlog of cases, by individual court

Here is a breakdown, by court, of the backlog of criminal cases waiting to be dealt with by crown courts in England and Wales as of March 31 2025. The figures have been published by the Ministry of Justice. Two figures are given for ...

26 Jun 2025 at 11:33

Courts will sit for extra days to tackle growing backlog

Courts will sit for extra days to help tackle backlogs, the Deputy Prime Minister is set to announce, as judges are forced to apologise for justice delays. David Lammy will announce plans for victims to get faster justice in a ...

01 Oct 2025 at 00:01

Sexual offences make up growing proportion of cases with longest delays

Sexual offences account for a growing proportion of cases with the longest delays in crown courts in England and Wales, figures show. Nearly one in five (18%) backlog cases that had been open for at least two years as of the ...

25 Sept 2025 at 16:32

Crown court backlog hits record level

The crown court backlog in England and Wales has risen to a record level. Data published on Thursday showed the open caseload was 78,329 at the end of June, up 2% from 76,957 at the end of March, when the backlog passed 75,...

25 Sept 2025 at 12:41

‘Over-reliance’ on Leveson Review will delay courts reform – report

The Ministry of Justice appears “over-reliant” on a major review into the courts system which will delay fundamental reforms needed by many months, MPs have warned. A report from the Public Accounts Committee has raised ...

05 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Court problems ‘real danger’ to Britain’s reputation if not tackled – top judge

There is a “real danger” to Britain’s reputation internationally if problems such as court backlogs are not tackled, a justice chief has said. The deputy president of the Supreme Court, Lord Hodge, told a committee of ...

04 Jun 2025 at 14:12

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