JUSTICE

  • Reform and increase investment into the courts system – e.g increase sitting days and number of judges
  • Introduction of UK Judicial College
  • Modern Magna Carta to include fundamental rights - to accommodation, to food, to access to justice and requirement for the Child Rights Convention to be taken into account by the Court
  • Courts of the Future – explore and invest in digital and technological solutions, such as legal research technology
  • Judges to have access to digital tools such as Quick Check Judicial
  • Enact the Christopher Bellamy Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid recommendations, including a 15% increase in rates for solicitors and barristers
  • Recruit more prosecuting staff and barristers to increase access to legal aid
  • Recruitment drive for duty solicitors
  • Investment in AI online solutions