UK Gov't Backs Bulk Of Proposed Criminal Court Reforms

By Ashish Sareen ( October 13, 2026, 9:28 PM BST) -- The U.K. government has reaffirmed its commitment to increasing the size of the magistracy by 50% and lifting the cap on Crown Court sitting days as it embraced the overwhelming majority of recommendations from an independent review to tackle backlogs and other problems in the criminal court system....

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