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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

County court delays harming Britain's economy, Justice Minister tells MPs

London’s struggling county courts are weighed down by chronic delays and backlogs and are harming the UK’s economy, a Justice Minister has said.

Sarah Sackman KC, the Courts Minister, gave a frank assessment of the state of the county courts, and highlighted that the worst performing are in London and the South East.

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