He noted that—
Courts took four or five times as long, regularly running until 8 o’clock in the evening, and the communication with clients was very poor.iiOfficial Report, Criminal Justice Committee, 22 January 2025, col 5
According to Simon Brown, the difficulties included insufficient rooms being available in police stations, limited time with clients, and the inability of solicitors to obtain follow-up meetings with clients due to a lack of availability time slots to hold meetings online...