Courts take steps to be more “Covid-secure”
HM Courts & Tribunals Service are taking additional steps to ensure that courts are more “Covid-secure.” The announcement that five court sites will offer home testing kits comes after staff at Liverpool Law Courts and Snaresbrook Crown Court backed industrial action following a ballot by The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). PCS general secretary […]
HMCTS operational position : weekly summary updates
HMCTS have updated their operational summary for week commencing Monday 8th March 2021. -Updated: We have opened a Nightingale Court at Birmingham Maple House, which provides 4 additional courtrooms for Crown, Civil and Family work. We have also opened a Nightingale Court in Barbican, London, which provides 2 additional courtrooms for Crown Court work. -Jurors […]
Law Society raise fresh concerns over court safety
News London’s Isleworth Crown Court failed a Covid safety inspection by the Health and Safety Executive has prompted the Law Society of England and Wales to remind HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) of the need for safety policies to be put fully into effect to ensure access to justice in a safe environment. Law […]