Lexis®Library update: The MoJ and HMCTS have said that many Crown Court rooms are to reopen across the country now that restrictions have ended, that the temporary Nightingale courts have been extended into 2022 and a plan to cut crime and build safer communities has been unveiled.
The MoJ and HMCTS have implemented the following measures in an effort to promote recovery from the pandemic and tackle delays:
• setting up 60 Nightingale court rooms to increase capacity and ensure more trials can be heard
• ensuring there is no limit on the number of days that Crown Courts can sit for this year
• safely running 290 court rooms for jury trials – more than before the pandemic
• hosting more than 20,000 hearings using remote technology each week – a huge rise from a standing start in March 2020
Source: More courts reopen in boost for justice
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