Lexis®Library update: Raab spoke about the unprecedented pressures faced because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the achievements throughout. He gave thanks to those in attendance, as well as the lawyers, judges, and court staff across the country that have allowed England and Wales to be among the first countries to resume jury trials and address unavoidable delays quicker than some other jurisdictions.
Raab also set out a number of his emerging priorities, including:
• to deliver the prison building programme so that the prison estate can protect the public from the most serious and dangerous offenders
• to create a prisons system that properly rehabilitates criminals and prepares them for life on the outside and as a result cuts reoffending
• to increase court capacity using the innovation that can deliver better experience and restore effective justice for the average citizen
• to deliver a step change in the way we support victims to whom we all owe a great duty of care, as too often they have felt that they are an afterthought rather than being at the front and centre, the beating heart of our work
Source: Dominic Raab’s Speech at the Opening of the Legal Year 2021
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