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Review calls for more remote hearings to save courts system from ‘collapse’

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Report to tackle courts’ backlog also recommends new criminal justice adviser to oversee courts, prisons and policing

A new post of prime minister’s criminal justice adviser and the widespread use of remote hearings are among the recommendations of a government-commissioned independent review on tackling the courts’ backlog in England and Wales.

The second part of Sir Brian Leveson’s review – unlike the first part, which recommended slashing jury trials – focuses on efficiencies that can be achieved without legislation.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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