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Crown Court fee guidance (UK Legal Aid Agency)

Public Technologies 17 Mar 2026
Updated Crown Court Fee Guidance published ... Publication of version 1.12 of the Crown Court Fee Guidance ... An updated version of the Crown Court Fee Guidance (with revisions to Appendix R) has been published ... Crown Court fee guidance updated.
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Crown court judge accused of trolling female barrister with anonymous social media campaign - as ...

The Daily Mail 14 Mar 2026
Judge Daniel Sawyer, who sits in Portsmouth, faced allegations he breached judicial guidance on social media and abused his position by targeting Dr Charlotte Proudman on X ....
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Man accused of murdering Ian Huntley in prison appears at crown court

Daily Record 12 Mar 2026
A pre‑trial preparation hearing has been set for next month ... .
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Prisoner accused of murdering child killer Ian Huntley appears at crown court

The Daily Mail 12 Mar 2026
Anthony Russell is accused of bludgeoning the child killer to death with a makeshift weapon in the workshop of the high-security prison on Thursday February 26 ....
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Backlog of Crown court cases will take up to a DECADE to clear even under ...

The Daily Mail 24 Feb 2026
Justice minister Sarah Sackman (pictured) said things would 'get worse before they get better', with the backlog rising from its current record level of 80,000 to hit 100,000 in a year's time ....
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Derby Crown Court shut due to flooding

BBC News 02 Feb 2026
A flood inside Derby Crown Court has shut the building.
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Ex-juror arrested after trial collapse at Sheffield Crown Court

BBC News 29 Jan 2026
The man, who is 75, allegedly committed the offences while serving as a juror on a trial involving serious sexual allegations at Sheffield Crown Court last year.
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Open crown courts for longer, Surrey MP Monica Harding urges

BBC News 05 Jan 2026
The Walton and Hersham MP says court backlogs make it harder for Surrey Police to deliver justice. .
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Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland to strike over crown court fees

RTE 05 Jan 2026
... Lunny KC said barristers will not resume work on legally aided crown court cases "until the department shows the pragmatism and the urgency that's required to resolve the issue of crown> court fees".
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Crown court backlog jumps nine per cent in a year to new record of just ...

The Daily Mail 18 Dec 2025
The Ministry of Justice said there were 79,619 cases waiting to be dealt with in the senior courts in England and Wales at the end of September ....
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Crown court backlog nears 80,000 in new record high

Belfast Telegraph 18 Dec 2025
The crown court backlog in England and Wales has risen to nearly 80,000 cases in a new record high. .
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Crown court backlog nears 80,000 in new record

London Evening Standard 18 Dec 2025
Data published on Thursday showed the open caseload was 79,619 at the end of September, up from 78,329 at the end of June ... .
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Wandsworth County Court and Blackfriars Crown Court: proposal on their future (UK Ministry of Justice)

Public Technologies 16 Dec 2025
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