Courts backlog could take 300 years to clear, minister warns

The backlog of criminal court cases could take “nearly 300 years” to bring back to levels seen before the COVID pandemic without reforms to cut jury trials, a justice minister has said. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the overall number of outstanding crown court cases had “fallen slightly” with a “marginal” drop of 37 in the three months from the end of December last year to the end of March – the first quarterly fall in three years.

https://news.sky.com/story/minister-warns-it-could-take-300-years-to-bring-courts-backlog-under-control-as-number-of-outstanding-cases-drops-by-37-13557851