The Law Society has drawn attention to the government’s lack of funding of the criminal justice system, following the publication of the criminal court quarterly statistics.
Lexis®Library update: The data shows that the backlog in the crown courts remains high, with 10% of cases having been delayed for over two years, and 29% of cases suffering delays for over one year.
President of the Law Society, Lubna Shuja, has urged the government to invest in the criminal justice system imminently to tackle these delays. Shuja has also commented how ‘there aren’t enough criminal defence solicitors available to represent detainees at the early stages of cases’, and highlighted how a lack of judges and court staff further aggravates the caseloads.
The 'Criminal court statistics quarterly: January to March 2023' are available here.
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