Ministers’ refusal to fund significantly more criminal court sitting days has exacerbated pressure on the justice system, England’s most senior judge warned on Tuesday.
Dame Sue Carr, lady chief justice, said a budget-driven decision to prevent the crown courts, which hear the most serious cases, from operating at full capacity has had a “drastic effect” in worsening backlogs.
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