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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tristan Kirk

Starmer urged to take charge of courts crisis with system ‘on brink of collapse’

A retired senior judge has urged the Prime Minister to take direct leadership over the escalating crisis within the UK’s courts system and has pushed for a radical transformation of the criminal justice system.

Sir Brian Leveson, who was appointed by the government last year to conduct an independent review amid spiralling court backlogs and prisons reaching maximum capacity, presented his second set of findings on Wednesday.

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