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Crown Court and County Court in Oxford. Crown Court in Reading. The Crown Court (Welsh: Llys y Goron) is the criminal court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is one of three Senior Courts of England and Wales. [1]
Snaresbrook Crown Court in London had the largest share of the backlog (3,442) followed by Manchester Minshull Street (2,378) and Maidstone in Kent (2,367).
The Crown Court also hears appeals from magistrates' courts. The Crown Court is the only court in England and Wales that has the jurisdiction to try cases on indictment, and when exercising such a role, it is a superior court in that its judgments cannot be reviewed by the Administrative Court of the King's Bench Division of the High Court.
A Labour spokesperson said: “Under the last government, the crown court backlog rose to record high levels. The Tories kept victims of serious, violent crimes waiting for justice. Time and again ...
Crown Court is a British television courtroom drama series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. It ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales , to 1984. [ 1 ]
The backlog at crown courts in England and Wales continues to “spiral out of control” as it hit a new record high, with more than 64,000 trials not yet resolved, official figures show.. Data ...
The crown court and the county court, which had previously been based at the old County Hall, [7] moved into the former showroom after it had been officially re-opened by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Hailsham, on 4 October 1985. [8] Internally, the building was laid out to accommodate nine courtrooms. [9]
The Government’s target of cutting the crown court backlog is “no longer achievable”, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found. A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) said the Ministry ...