The Government has announced that it proposes to send half a
million road traffic cases each year to a separate fast-track
criminal court.
This unprecedented proposal could drastically change the
landscape for how motorists are dealt with before the criminal
courts.
What is the reason behind this proposal?
Policing and Justice Minister, Damien Green, intends to deal
with the shocking delays in the criminal courts.
He has condemned a system which is plagued by unnecessary
adjournments, time-wasting and paper rather than digital files.
'It is unacceptable that only 44 per cent of trials go ahead
on the day they have been listed. If every day only 44 per cent of
trains left the stations, or 44 per cent of planned hospital
operations took place there would be a national uproar. Yet every
day this happens in the Magistrates' Courts."
