Britain’s court backlog will “ get worse before it gets better”, a minister has admitted, as the government seeks to ease the “dire” state of the criminal justice system.

On 9 July 2025, part 1 of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, chaired by Sir Brian Leveson was published (the Report). Leveson was tasked by the UK Ministry of Justice with conducting a ...

New analysis by the Law Society of England and Wales about the time it takes to process criminal cases in Merseyside shows that court delays remain high affecting communities across the region.

“There are no quick fixes. The government must avoid implementing standalone measures that risk diminishing fairness and trust in the system, such as changing from jury trials to judge-alone, ...