Judicial Capacity Shortages
Insufficient numbers of judges and staff leading to significant capacity issues and constraints within the court system.
6 items
1 source
4 inquiries
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Judicial Capacity Shortages has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
6 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (6)
R89 — Review of prosecution system timeliness
Recommendation: The Department of Justice should review the timeliness of the handling of each aspect of the prosecution system that has led to the delay in bringing those accused of causing harm to patients to trial.
Response Pending
F285 — Appointment of assistant deputy coroners
Recommendation: The Chief Coroner should issue guidance on how to avoid the appearance of bias when assistant deputy coroners are associated with a party in a case.
Gov response: The government published "Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First" (Cm 8777) on 19 November 2013, responding to all 290 recommendations of the Francis Report. This followed an initial response "Patients First and Foremost" …
Accepted
F284 — Appointment of assistant deputy coroners
Recommendation: The Lord Chancellor should issue guidance as to the criteria to be adopted in the appointment of assistant deputy coroners.
Gov response: The government published "Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First" (Cm 8777) on 19 November 2013, responding to all 290 recommendations of the Francis Report. This followed an initial response "Patients First and Foremost" …
Accepted
JB-15.22 — Training for officers presenting firearms court applications
Recommendation: There should be training of those who are authorised by reason of rank to present such applications at court, and no-one should act as a substitute for a properly authorised person unless they have been appropriately trained. In any event, …
Gov response: College of Policing updated APP-AP in August 2023. Training implementation ongoing.
Accepted
No update 2+ yrs
JB-15.21 — Amend Criminal Procedure Rules for firearms court applications
Recommendation: There should be an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Rules which govern the process in applications for a firearms presence in court – a requirement for witness statements, sworn evidence and the taping of proceedings should all be included.
Gov response: Directed to Criminal Procedure Rule Committee. Implementation status unclear.
Response Unclear
No update 2+ yrs
IR2-7 — No Exemplary Damages but Court Access Preserved
Recommendation: I recommend that there should be no award for exemplary damages, though it should remain open to a claimant to pursue such a claim in the courts irrespective of whether they make a claim on the scheme.
Gov response: There is no award for exemplary damages, as recommended by the Second Interim Report in recommendation 7.
Accepted