Publication: Criminal courts backlog

May 25, 2023 by Auditor General

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The criminal trial backlog that built up during the Covid-19 pandemic has been significantly reduced but waiting times for the most serious crimes have doubled.

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Exhibit 1a: Criminal Courts Covid-19 timeline — Exhibit 1a

Exhibit 1b: Criminal Courts Covid-19 timeline — Exhibit 1b

Exhibit 2: The criminal justice system Criminal — Exhibit 2

Exhibit 4: The number of outstanding scheduled trials in criminal courts since April 2020 — Exhibit 4

Exhibit 5: Outstanding scheduled trials for summary cases — Exhibit 5

Exhibit 6: Outstanding scheduled trials for solemn cases — Exhibit 6

Exhibit 7: Conversion rates from cases coming to court to an evidence-led trial — Exhibit 7

Exhibit 8: Average number of weeks to evidence-led trial across all criminal court types before and after Covid-19 — Exhibit 8

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