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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sarah Ward

Impact of remote court hearings ‘breach of natural justice’, inquiry hears

Cinemas were used from September 2020 to provide access to the courts (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Remote justice in the pandemic meant tenants were evicted without being present at their own hearings, while two advocates took their own lives, an inquiry has heard.

The chairman of the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, Lord Brailsford, deemed tenants being evicted without being present at their hearings a “breach of natural justice”.

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