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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Rogue prosecutors should be banned from fast-track Single Justice Procedure courts, say magistrates

The Ministry of Justice in Westminster (PA) - (PA Archive)

Rogue prosecutors should be banned from Britain’s controversial fast-track courts if caught abusing the system, say magistrates in a backing for The Standard’s campaign for an overhaul of the Single Justice Procedure (SJP).

The government is considering new rules for private prosecutions in the wake of a series of criminal justice scandals, including the mass miscarriages of justice in cases brought by the Post Office against subpostmasters.

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