Supreme Court has cleared backlog of cases during pandemic
Waiting time for appeal hearing down to 14 weeks but Chief Justice warns reduction could be short-lived
about 4 hours ago
MARK HILLIARD
The Supreme Court is now as “up to date as we are ever going to be” in its work as a result of a Covid-19 related slowdown in activity, the Chief Justice Mr Frank Clarke has said.
“The number of cases coming to the court have been somewhat reduced over the last year, partly I think because the courts from which we hear appeals, the High Court and the Court of Appeal, have themselves been operating under some restrictions,” he said.