OIA-99080.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]
...meet out of court prior to the review hearing and discuss evidential issues and alternative prospects of resolution (Adlam, 2018). While this ‘front loading’ seeks to encourage early case disposal, there must be adequate co-operation and court resources for this to work effectively (Finn & Mathias, 2019). There are fiscal penalties that may be imposed where time limits are not met but Andrew Britton, a Crown Prosecutor, could not recall a time at which this had been done.3 Often t...