There is also a cost to the public purse as these trial cases are being fully prepared for trial under legal aid orders at the higher fixed fee rate. Perhaps reintroducing a PTR for these cases where they crack out before a trial slot would be a solution? #Thursdaymusings

My last 3 DV magistrates' court trial cases have all ended on the day of trial with the CPS offering no evidence owing to witnesses not attending having made withdrawal statements weeks ago. Perhaps a need to reassess the balance between protecting DV victims and not adding to the ongoing backlog?

Is this an issue with delay in police providing to CPS, a conscious policy decision or yet another symptom of the ongoing broken criminal justice system where a CPS lawyer just doesn't have capacity to look at the case until the night before? Is anybody looking at the stats on this?

Same.