he government has been urged to ensure sufficient judicial capacity to deal with the family court backlog – which has topped 110,000, latest HM Courts & Tribunals Service figures reveal.
According to the data, the number of open private law cases has increased for a second consecutive month, standing at 85,706 in August. The average time was 43 weeks.
The number of public law cases has grown during the course of this year and stood at 24,719 in August. The average time to complete a case was 45.1 weeks in August.
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