Monday, 5 November 2012

Committal hearings to be eliminated in many areas

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228030/Magistrates-court-committal-hearings-abolished-allowing-suspects-brought-trial-quicker.html

Magistrates court committal hearings to be abolished so suspects can be brought to trial quicker

  • Cutting committals, where magistrates decide if there is a case to answer, will cut legal process by up to six weeks
  • There are currently 60,000 of the hearings each year, but these will go in 29 areas of England and Wales
  • Some experts fear it will 'rush justice'

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