Lexis®Library update: The included discussion points on the backlog of Crown Court cases, listing, judicial capacity and recruitment, work to tackle bullying and harassment, transparency, state of the court estate, use of video technology and broadcasting and the Common Platform.
Lord Burnett set out the ongoing work to address the backlog, such as using a statutory provision that enables District Judges who sit in the magistrates’ court to sit in the Crown Court, and said that the use of video technology post-pandemic should be happening if in the interests of justice and the recent introduction of televised sentencing of certain Crown Court cases is ‘long overdue'.
A video of the proceedings can be accessed here.
The transcript of the evidence session can be accessed here.
Source: Lord Chief Justice attends Justice Select Committee to give evidence
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