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Article: Chelmsford Crown Court uses TXT MSGS to reduce court delays and witness waiting times.
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- February 19, 2002
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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 February 2002-UK Government: Chelmsford Crown Court uses TXT MSGS to reduce court delays and witness waiting times (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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A new pilot project to reduce court delays and witness waiting times was launched today by Michael Wills, Minister for the courts at the Lord Chancellor's Department, at Chelmsford Crown Court.
Over a quarter of Crown Court hearings are cancelled on the day they are due to go ahead. Of these, a quarter were due to a witness not attending. There is also evidence to suggest that as little as 3% of police officer time attending court actually involves giving ...