Cases in limbo, lives put on hold, COVID-19 outbreaks in the courts. Writing in NLJ this week, columnist Jon Robins begins a special series on the impact of the pandemic on the justice system.
He relays some shocking
examples, such as a trainee
from a Tier 4 area being sent on
an 8.5 hour journey to court for
an unnecessary administrative
hearing, and lawyers taking
instructions in poorly ventilated
cell areas from prisoners who, the
court was later notified, had tested
positive.
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