Blog post: Magistrates hear 90% of criminal cases, slashing their resources will not help reduce the backlog Blog post: Magistrates hear 90% of criminal cases, slashing their resources will not help reduce the backlog A response to Transform Justice 29 November 2021 Transform Justice recently suggested reorienting existing resources from the magistrates’ courts to the Crown Court. The call to reorient resources would undermine work of the magistrates’ courts which has successfully worked to reduce the backlog in the magistrates' courts. Read more
HMCTS blog on magistrates' courts HMCTS blog on magistrates' courts New blog 18 September 2020 Read more