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Notable cases have included the trial and conviction of the taxi driver, John Worboys, in March 2009, for the rape and assault of twelve female passengers in the back of his taxi cab. [16] Following the 2011 England riots, the Ministry of Justice experimented with the use of shift-working in the Croydon Law Courts to clear the backlog of court ...
In 2007, there were 91 locations in England and Wales at which the Crown Court regularly sat. [4] Crown Court centres are designated in one of three tiers: first-tier centres are visited by High Court judges for criminal and also for civil cases (in the District Registry of the High Court); second-tier centres are visited by High Court judges for criminal work only; and third-tier centres are ...
The organisation's Framework Document says its aim is "to run an efficient and effective courts and tribunals system, which enables the rule of law to be upheld and provides access to justice for all." The courts over which it has responsibility are the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Crown Court, the magistrates' courts, and the county ...
This list has no precise inclusion criteria as described in the Manual of Style for standalone lists. Please improve this article by adding inclusion criteria, or discuss this issue on the talk page. (December 2013) This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Senior Courts of England and Wales – that is, cases from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Court of ...
Data published on Thursday by HM Courts and Tribunal Services shows 64,015 crown court cases were open in July, up by 402 compared to June – and 4,654 higher than the same time last year, a 7 ...
Lincoln Crown Court heard the victim was getting his baby out of his vehicle when three masked men got out of a car, some of whom were carrying knives, and chased him down the street.
23 March – Eric Cantona is found guilty of common assault at Croydon Crown Court. The trial judge sentences him to 14 days in prison, but grants him bail pending an appeal against the sentence. The Football Association has since extended his ban from football until 30 September this year and fined him a further £20,000.
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 ...