Pressure is growing on the Ministry of Justice to limit criminal court hearings to urgent cases only as restrictions on social gatherings and movement become tougher. The housing ministry has said no new repossession cases should start during the crisis but existing ones are continuing. At Brentford county court in west London, a list of cases was summoned to court last Friday. “The lord chief justice has advised that it is now inappropriate to continue to list cases in this way. The MHCLG has said there should be “no new possession proceedings through applications to the court to start during the crisis”.

Source: The Guardian March 22, 2020 17:05 UTC