‘The Single Justice Procedure (SJP / the Procedure) was introduced by the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, its purpose being to hear high-volume, low-level, non-imprisonable offences swiftly. In the past decade, millions of cases have been dealt with under the SJP. The most recently published data shows that in one quarter alone, 182,902 defendants were dealt with via the SJP. That was 64% of all defendants in the Magistrates’ Courts in that quarter.’
2 Hare Court, 11th June 2025
Source: www.2harecourt.com
