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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Anahita Hossein-Pour

‘Dysfunctional’ county courts need urgent review – MPs

There are 173 county courts across England and Wales (PA) - (PA Archive)

An urgent review is needed into the “dysfunctional” county courts system which is suffering from “systemic delays”, MPs have warned.

The Commons Justice Committee said it was difficult to understand why the civil justice proceedings still relied on paper files which need to be posted around the country, causing serious delays.

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