Jo Sidhu
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 59 |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Job | Barrister |
| Education | Law |
| University of Oxford | |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | |
| Wadham College | |
| Official site | josidhu.com |
| Date of birth | January 1,1966 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1414518 |
Jo Sidhu Life story
Navjot Sidhu KC is a British criminal law barrister and King's Counsel.
Barristers' strike: Crime victims in despair as court delays worsen
... " Jo Sidhu, who chairs the CBA said: " If we haemorrhage specialist criminal barristers, who provide prosecutors, defence advocates and judges, then victims of crime take the added pain of more months to their trial dates...
Courts 'in limbo' as barristers strike for second week
... " The criminal justice system has been grinding to a halt for a number of years, not because of us but because the government has simply mismanaged the system and underfunded it considerably, " said CBA chairman Jo Sidhu...
Barristers walk out of courts in strike over legal aid funding
... CBA chairman Jo Sidhu QC said that, as well as pay, the strikes are about " redressing the shortfall in the supply of criminal barristers to help deal with the crisis in our courts"...
Criminal barristers vote to strike over pay rates
... In a joint statement, Jo Sidhu QC and Kirsty Brimelow QC, chair and vice chair respectively of the association, said the " extraordinary" result " reflects a recognition amongst criminal barristers at all levels that what is at stake is the survival of a profession of specialist criminal advocates and of the criminal justice system"...
Sexual offence victims face longest-ever court waits
... " We simply do not have sufficient numbers of judges, prosecutors, and defenders to deal with the backlog, " says Jo Sidhu QC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA)...
Criminal prosecution delays hit record 708 days
... The Criminal Bar Association s Jo Sidhu QC called the figures " devastating"...
Newspaper headlines: Cummings claims PM lied, and energy bills warning
... some scathing criticism of the plans, from the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, Jo Sidhu QC...
Magistrates to get more powers to jail criminals for longer
... And the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, Jo Sidhu, said " fiddling with magistrates sentencing powers is a betrayal of victims of crime"...
Criminal prosecution delays hit record 708 days
Delays in prosecuting suspected criminals have hit a record 708 Days for the average time it takes to go from offence to completion of a case.
In the three months to September 2021, the average time it took to deal with A Crime rose 15%, up from 620 Days .
Are a blow to the Ministry of Justice which is battling to reduce The Massive backlog of serious crimes waiting to be dealt with by judges.
The Criminal Bar Association 's Jo Sidhu QC called the figures " devastating".
The Ministry of Justice says its latest measures will restore Swift Justice .
The government figures show that while more cases Are being listed for trial at Crown Court , they Are not being dealt with Fast Enough to prevent the average wait for justice from increasing.
The overall backlog has fallen by around 1,000 to 59,928 outstanding Crown Court prosecutions.
Judges set provisional dates for almost 6,200 new cases in the three months to September - a significant improvement.
But, at the same time, they also had to put off 4,500 other prosecutions which had been expected to progress.
Criminal barristers say those postponements Are being driven by a combination of a lack of court time, judges and available lawyers to run each prosecution.
Jo Sidhu QC, chair of The Criminal Bar Association , said that victims and defendants in some rape and Domestic Violence cases were now waiting up to five years for a prosecution to end in a verdict.
" These devastating figures of backlog and delay Are only the tip of The Iceberg , " said Mr Sidhu. " The Criminal Justice crisis that long predated the pandemic has now escalated to a perfect storm across the country while trial delays grow.
" We simply do not have sufficient judges, prosecutors and defenders available to deal with the huge backlog. This is all entirely of the government's own making. It is The Victims of crime and defendants alike who pay The Price . "
Earlier This Week , the government announced it would soon allow the lower magistrates courts to sentence some Offenders - a move to reduce the flow of less serious cases to judges in The Crown Courts.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: " Our decisive action kept justice moving despite the unprecedented impact of the pandemic.
" As a result, the Crown Court backlog has stabilised and fallen slightly in recent months, while in the magistrates' court it is now back to pre-pandemic levels.
" With super courtrooms, increased sentencing powers for magistrates and unlimited sitting Days in Crown Courts this financial year, we will restore the swift access to justice that victims deserve. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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