Government’s proposal puts magistrates’ courts at ‘high risk’ Bar Council warns as backlog reaches record high – Bar Council

Posted March 30th, 2026 in news by Simon

‘The Bar Council has warned the government against its plans to push cases into the magistrates’ courts as new data shows that its backlog has reached a record high.’

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Bar Council, 27th March 2026

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk