Judicial Capacity Shortages
Insufficient numbers of judges and staff leading to significant capacity issues and constraints within the court system.
8 items
1 source
5 inquiries
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Judicial Capacity Shortages has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
8 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (8)
148 — No extension of time for proof
Recommendation: No special provision should be made for extending the time for a proof on the grounds for referral (18.29-30).
Unknown
140 — Immediate recourse to Sheriff
Recommendation: A procedure should be introduced by an amendment to the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 enabling immediate recourse to be made to the Sheriff for a decision on the question whether a child reasonably requires to be in a place …
Unknown
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.
No response yet
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.
Speaker not recorded. Source: Department of Health, Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, volume 2 (Cm 8777-II), November 2013
Gov response: Accepted. The Chief Coroner will look carefully at the issue of bias, and the appearance of bias, and consider whether guidance or training by the Judicial College could be used to address these concerns.
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.
Speaker not recorded. Source: Department of Health, Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First, volume 2 (Cm 8777-II), November 2013
Gov response: Accepted. This has been taken forward by the Chief Coroner. Local Authorities are responsible for all coroner appointments with the consent of the Lord Chancellor and the Chief Coroner. The Ministry of Justice and the …
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, …
Words of: Lord Justice Holroyde, deputy chairman of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, on behalf of the Committee, in a letter to HH Clement Goldstone KC, 31 October 2022
Gov response: We certainly concur in the Inquiry’s recommendation that the relevant Directions should be readily available to police officers. For some years now they have appeared on at least two websites, each of which is accessible …
Accepted in part
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.
Words of: Lord Justice Holroyde, deputy chairman of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, on behalf of the Committee, in a letter to HH Clement Goldstone KC, 31 October 2022
Gov response: As explained in the paper, the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice presently are under review. If in the light of the Inquiry report the Senior Presiding Judge were to propose the …
Not accepted
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.
Words of: The UK Government, in the Government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry (CP 1224), 17 December 2024
Gov response: There is no award for exemplary damages, as recommended by the Second Interim Report in recommendation 7.
Accepted