Old magistrates’ buildings are to be saved to tackle the record backlogs of Crown Court cases. The redundant buildings that ...

The winter freeze has caused a backlog of cases in the Caddo Parish court system, leading to jury trials being pushed back ...

VIRTUAL’ juries who work from home could help solve the court backlog problem, experts have claimed. The research comes as almost 80,000 cases are in the backlog built up due to ...

While the Trump administration maintains it’s restoring integrity to the nation’s immigration system, attorneys argue courts are getting jammed up with cases of people who shouldn’t be a priority for ...

Former court buildings in Fleetwood, Telford, Chichester and Cirencester will become part of the estate, providing an extra 11 courtrooms ...

In the early 2000s, I was a young crown prosecutor in Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, discussing with colleagues the poor state of the criminal justice system. A colleague nearing retirement proclaimed ...

More than 79,600 criminal cases are now caught in the courts backlog in England and Wales, new figures show. The Crown Court backlog has been at a record high since early 2023 and is projected to hit ...

Asylum-seekers’ cases are likely to wind up in court, where they would join more than 800,000 other cases waiting to be resolved. Asylum-seekers’ cases are likely to wind up in court, where they would ...

What you need to know: The primary aim of a court census is to determine the state of backlog of cases and support data-driven policy formulation. A total of 167, 353 cases are pending at all levels ...