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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Tristan Kirk

Government targets reform of private prosecutions after Post Office and Single Justice Procedure scandals

The government is drawing up plans for a crackdown on rogue private prosecutors in the wake of the Post Office scandal and flaws in the troubled Single Justice Procedure.

Courts Minister Heidi Alexander has vowed that “justice should never come at the cost of fairness” as she pushes forward an upgrade to the way tens of thousands of people are taken to court every year.

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