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The First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum service handles approximately 50,000 appeals every year.
While judges decide when to schedule and list court and tribunal hearings, HMCTS puts the administrative and logistical arrangements in place to facilitate them.
The Single Justice Procedure (SJP) was introduced by the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015.
Probate is the legal right to handle someone's estate after they die.
Common Platform is a bespoke digital case management system, designed and developed by HMCTS, for the Crown and magistrates’ courts in England and Wales.
Our Courts and Tribunals Service Centres (CTSCs) were established as part of the HMCTS Reform Programme, to centralise the administration of cases for multiple digital services.
Getting divorced is a significant life event that affects thousands of people each year in England and Wales.
Private prosecutors face greater transparency and accountability over unregulated or unlawful activity following a consultation to overhaul the current system.
Victims will receive swifter justice as the Government announces record funding for the Crown Court. New investment will see the courts sitting at the highest allocation since records began as part of its Plan for Change to …
Reduction of interest rates for Court Funds Office special and basic accounts from today (3 March 2025).
An update on upcoming increases to selected court and tribunal fees.
Bikers Lifestyle Ltd has been ordered to pay over £10,000 in fines and costs after selling motorcycle helmets that "catastrophically failed" safety tests.
As part of an ongoing Environment Agency crackdown, 6 anglers have been found guilty of fishing illegally at waters in the London area last year.
Boat-owner that caused Kingston Regatta incident charged more than £4,000. Video evidence shows disgraceful behaviour on the water.
A County Durham man has been jailed for operating an illegal waste site in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.
A man has appeared at court for failing to clear an illegal waste site for the second time – and operating another one in Middlesbrough.
Rubbish later caught fire, disrupting town – Lancashire and Devon men guilty of waste crime
A Huddersfield company has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling almost £9,000 after it polluted a river with bleach and killed hundreds of fish.
Redditch Magistrates’ Court has opened a new Crown courtroom in order to increase case capacity.
The role of computer evidence in the criminal justice system will be examined through a call for evidence to prevent future miscarriages of justice.
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