Consultation outcome

Merger of North Sussex and West Sussex Local Justice Areas

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The response was published locally and circulated to those who responded.


Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on merger of 2 Local Justice Areas (LJAs) of Sussex Northern and Sussex Western into 1 LJA to be known as the West Sussex LJA.

This consultation was held on another website.

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Consultation description

The aim of this consultation is to find views on proposals to merge the Local Justice Areas of Sussex (Northern) and Sussex (Western) into one new West Sussex Local Justice Area.

This will give greater flexibility in managing the caseload across West Sussex whilst increasing the opportunities for magistrates to sit on a broader range of cases on a regular basis and maintain experience.

It aims to reduce delays, and provide a more consistent service to court users. There will also be no reduction in access to justice for court users who have to attend hearings.

This will also enable more effective management of the business of the Bench, reducing the number of meetings that magistrates and support staff must attend.

Updates to this page

Published 3 August 2015

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