The crown court backlog in England and Wales has hit a new record high as a minister warned it could rise to 100,000 in four ...

The row broke out after the body in charge of sentencing set guidelines saying ethnicity and gender should be considered ...

There are fewer than 100 available spaces left across the male prison estate in England and Wales ... a court appearance will be kept in police cells until prison space is available. The system ...

The lack of automatic enforceability of PNAs is often cited as a key issue. Critics argue that without legal certainty, PNAs fail to provide their intended protection. However, the reality is that ...

About 50,000 child arrangement cases are heard in family courts in England and Wales each year A solicitor claims the legal system is "harming" children whose parents are splitting up due to the ...

The number of criminal cases waiting to be dealt with by crown courts in England and Wales stood at 73,105 at ... carry out a ...