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Judicial priorities for 2024-25

07 August 2024
Issue: 8083 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , In Court
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The Judicial Office has set out three priorities in its business plan for 2024-25, published this week

They are: recognise and promote the judiciary’s strengths; build judicial unity; and reduce backlogs, improve timeliness and maintain quality. To achieve this, the Judicial Office aims to secure ‘adequate, sustained’ funding and resources for courts and tribunals.

Baroness Carr, Lady Chief Justice, and Sir Keith Lindblom, senior president of tribunals, said conditions were challenging, ‘with large backlogs compounded by resourcing and capacity constraints across key parts of the system’.

Michelle Crotty, chief executive of the Judicial Office, said the goals were ‘ambitious but achievable’.

Issue: 8083 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , In Court
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