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CEO Nick Goodwin responds to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the HMCTS Reform Programme.
Nightingale Courts across England and Wales are being kept open for another year to reduce waiting times and deliver swift justice for victims.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Additional features to make Common Platform easier for defence professionals to use.
Fraudsters are offering false ‘common law’ car insurance and claiming that the insurance is backed by the holder’s ‘cestui que vie trust’.
Legal professionals must submit and complete all applications for financial remedy online using MyHMCTS.
For some minor offences, companies can now be prosecuted without the need to go to court.
Our new digital support service aims to remove the barriers that some users face when accessing our online services.
Minor offences on Merseyrail will now be managed without going to court.
The construction of a state-of-the-art combined court is underway in the heart of London’s legal centre as part of Salisbury Square, a new development on Fleet Street.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Eligible witnesses at Leeds Youth Court can pre-record their cross-examination evidence as part of a wider test.
For the first time in England and Wales, Deaf people have been able to fulfil their civic duty and serve on a jury, supported by British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters.
New technology which spares victims of rape the stress of being cross-examined during a live trial is now available at every Crown Court in England and Wales.
Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, courts and tribunals arrangements on the day of the State Funeral and access to books of condolence.
Broadcast news channels will air judges’ sentencing remarks from the Crown Court for the first time tomorrow (28 July), following a change in the law.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Individuals and businesses would be helped to resolve legal disputes through free mediation under government proposals unveiled today (26 July).
Victims of domestic abuse can be spared from being cross-examined by their alleged attackers in family and civil courts under measures coming into force today (21 July 2022).
The centre will provide court users with support and guidance on their cases.
Rape victims will be spared the stress of being cross-examined in court under a scheme rolled out to four Crown Courts in the Midlands today (18 July 2022).
Rape victims will be spared the stress of being cross-examined in court under a measure rolled out to every Crown Court in Wales today (11 July 2022).
More victims of rape and sexual violence will be spared the stress of being cross-examined in court under a scheme rolled out to a further 10 Crown Courts today (29 June 2022).
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