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Is imprisonment before trial the result of poor risk assessment?
Courts
25 Mar 2022
Insight
Independent domestic violence advocates in magistrates’ courts – a backfire effect?
Courts
07 Mar 2022
Insight
Does the defendant in the magistrates’ court get a fair hearing?
Courts
22 Dec 2021
Insight
Only by radically shrinking the magistrates’ court can the Crown Court backlog be reduced
Court backlog
24 Nov 2021
Insight
Why on earth should the innocent plead guilty?
Courts
09 Sep 2019
Insight
The magistracy is withering on the vine. Can and should it be revived?
Courts
18 Jun 2019
Insight
Mice, broken lifts and buckets – the state of courts in England and Wales
Courts
23 Nov 2018
Insight
Why is the justice system so starved of resources?
Courts
01 Nov 2018
Insight
“I could see they believed me” – the importance of feeling listened to in court
Courts
27 Oct 2018
Insight
Court is a delicate ecosystem in which human contact is essential
Courts
11 Sep 2018
Insight
The death of local justice? How court closures marginalise rural communities
Courts
17 Jul 2018
Insight
Court closures – are they selling the family silver?
Courts
10 Mar 2018
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