![]() ![]() They are not assumptions you can correct quickly because judges do not grow on trees… What we can do is appoint more recorders.’Įdis said the Judicial Appointments Commission was committed to fair treatment but the number of solicitors compared to barristers was ‘not particularly pretty’.Īs well as speaking to someone who knows about the application process, Edis advised solicitors considering a judicial career to spend ‘serious time’ on their application. That assumes you have a judge in every court and you have an advocate on all sides of every case. That’s using all the courts as well as you can at about 85% usage rate. On court capacity, Edis said: ‘If you have a vintage year, you might be able to sit 105,000 sitting days in a calendar year. Everyone’s happy, you have done the case and put the bill in, the client has been dealt with appropriately and gets more credit.’ Those which are going to crack anyway and should crack – let’s get cracking. I’m not saying more cases ought to crack than they would today. If you have got two, three or four of these cases… you can see how that works. ![]() Where you think, if it was listed, it would probably plead, talk to the list officer and they should be saying “OK we will list it”. One that will assist would be to get dialogue between solicitors, barristers, list officers and resident judges, so you can identify cases of yours where they will plead guilty. We have got a problem for the next few weeks. I do not think we are going to be able to sort it out on Monday. ![]() ‘Getting through that backlog is going to be a real problem. It might need adjustment for that reason.’ However, the backlog was at its highest level and bigger than it was at the height of the pandemic. ![]() Figures published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service last week show the backlog stood at 61,212 in August.Īddressing the Criminal Law Solicitors Association Conference last Friday, Lord Justice Edis suggested ‘bringing cases forward which are going to plead guilty later on and making them plead sooner’.Įdis said the current remuneration system 'may not necessarily be the best for encouraging that kind of outcome from your point of view. The Crown court backlog has been steadily rising since April, when the criminal began their action over legal aid funding. Cases where the defendant is likely to plead guilty should be brought forward to help clear the Crown court backlog, the senior presiding judge has suggested. ![]()
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