The Circuit has conducted a survey of the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on Civil Hearings in the two weeks in April before and after Easter. The resulting report is here - "Western Circuit Civil Justice". Thank you very much to Luke...
Circuit has prepared and submitted a response to the Home Office consultation, "Police Powers: Pre-Charge Bail" which can be read - here. Thank you very much to Barry McElduff and Piers Norsworthy for compiling the response on behalf of Circuit....
Circuit has prepared and submitted a response to the Criminal Legal Aid Review - Accelerated Areas Consultation which can be read here. Thank you to Kate Lumsdon QC, Mike Forster and Barry McElduff for compiling the response on behalf of Circuit....
Circuit has published two guidance documents - a guide to remote working/video hearings and personal finances. See the Publications page or click below: Remote Working Personal Finances ...
Current guidance as at Midday 19 March 2020 from the Leader of Circuit in relation to family (including Court of Protection), Employment and civil hearings : You will have seen the Lord Chief Justice’s Guidance in which use of remote...
In response to the report produced earlier today regarding sitting days on the Western Circuit, the Guardian has reported that the Ministry of Justice “denies that case backlogs are growing longer.” Kate Brunner QC, the report’s author, has...
This Doesn’t Look Like Justice - The parlous state of criminal justice in the South West. The Leader of the Western Circuit, Kate Brunner QC, has, alongside Anna Midgley and Holly Rust compiled a report, This Doesn’t Look Like Justice, showing...
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