David Lammy lifts cap on court sitting days in effort to cut backlog of cases

Criminal barristers welcome justice secretary’s move to remove limit on hearing days at crown courts in England and Wales A cap on court sitting days is to be lifted as the government seeks to ease the cases backlog, David Lammy has announced. The justice secretary and deputy prime minister said every crown court in England and Wales would be funded to hear more cases in the next financial year. Continue reading...

By Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor