Watchdog says outstanding caseload has increased from 60,000 to 67,573 since MoJ set target of 53,000 in 2021The Ministry of Justice’s ambition to reduce the backlog in crown courts in England and Wales to 53,000 by March next year is no longer achievable, a parliamentary watchdog has said.The MoJ set the target in October 2021 when the outstanding caseload was 60,000, but by the end of last year it had reached 67,573 – its highest level ever – according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/24/court-backlog-target-in-england-and-wales-no-longer-achievable-says-nao
Author : Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
Publish date : 2024-05-24 06:00:08
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