Next week’s update will be issued on Friday 2 October 2020.
Crime
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Updated: From week commencing Monday 28 September 2020, jury trials will have resumed in 74 Crown Courts and be running in 4 Nightingale Courts.
- Crown Courts due to restart jury trials in October 2020 (dates to be confirmed) – Doncaster Justice Centre South (Doncaster Crown Court), satellite of Sheffield, Burnley Combined Court Centre, Preston Crown Court and Family Court (Sessions House) Annex, King’s Lynn Crown Court, Lewes Combined Court and Isle of Wight Combined Court (Newport).
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Updated: From Monday 28 September 2020, Cardiff Crown Court will be the next court to start testing COVID-19 Operating Hours. The Crown Court at Snaresbrook, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Stafford, Portsmouth and Reading continue to pilot COVID-19 Operating Hours. This will help increase our capacity to hear cases and reduce the backlog that has built up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Updated: During the week commencing Monday 28 September 2020 we plan to install plexiglass screens in 57 courtrooms and 35 retiring rooms across the Crown Court estate, in order to safely resume jury trials. By the end of next week we will have installed screens in over 200 courtrooms and over 100 jury retiring rooms. Further installations are being planned for October 2020.
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Updated: We have installed Portakabin® portable buildings at Bradford Combined Court, Kingston-Upon-Hull Combined Court and Leeds Combined Court. The buildings provide additional eight additional hearing rooms in total.
- Crown Courts continue to deal with a range of work remotely, including sentencing hearings and all urgent applications including applications for bail and applications to extend custody time limits. Pre-trial preparation hearings and further case management hearings are also taking place.
- Magistrates’ courts are now dealing with most business type hearings. Since August magistrates’ courts have been completing more cases than have been received and the number of sittings are almost at pre-covid levels. We are working hard to return this to 100%, in a COVID-safe way.
- The judiciary has published a note of listing in magistrates’ courts during coronavirus outbreak.
- All questions about paying an outstanding criminal court fine should be sent to our National Compliance and Enforcement Service at NCESWE@justice.gov.uk or call 0300 123 9252.
Family
Civil
Tribunals
Royal Courts of Justice
- Rule changes regarding Writs of Possession have been approved by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee and are effective as of Monday 24 August Writs of Possession rule changes (PDF, 35.4KB, 1 page).
- The Royal Courts of Justice operational update: The Royal Courts of Justice operational update w/c 28 September 2020 (PDF, 78.7KB, 1 page).
- The High Court is covering work according to the High Court Contingency Plan.
- More detailed guidance for the Administrative Court Office. Administrative Court Office guidance (PDF, 290KB, 8 pages) Queen's Bench guidance (PDF, 394KB, 3 pages)
- More detailed guidance for the Queen’s Bench. Queen's Bench guidance - Interim Applications Court (PDF, 166KB, 1 page) Queen's Bench guidance - Bulletin 1 (PDF, 258KB, 3 pages) Queen's Bench information for court users (PDF, 592KB, 12 pages) HMCTS Document Upload Centre - Professional User's Guide (PDF, 511KB, 3 pages) Queen's Bench guidance - Document Upload Centre (PDF, 62.7KB, 1 page).
- The Court of Appeal Civil Division is covering work according to the RCJ Court of Appeal Civil urgent business priorities. Court of Appeal Civil urgent business priorities w/c 28 September 2020 (PDF, 90KB, 1 page).
- The Court of Appeal Criminal Division is covering work according to the RCJ Court of Appeal Criminal Emergency Plan. RCJ Court of Appeal Criminal Division update w/c 28 September 2020 (PDF, 102KB, 3 pages).
- The Royal Courts of Justice Fees Office is currently open to the public between 10am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday Royal Courts of Justice Fees Office update (PDF, 437KB, 1 page).
- The Senior Costs Judge has published a note on hearings and detailed assessments in the Senior Courts Costs Office Senior Courts Costs Office update (PDF, 64.6KB, 3 pages).
Judicial announcements
Please visit our GOV.UK page for all operational updates
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