Policy paper

Crime and Courts Act 2013, part 2: courts and justice

Court and justice reforms introduced by part 2 will deliver a swifter, more open and effective courts and tribunals system.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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The package of court and justice reforms introduced by part 2 of the Act will deliver a swifter, more open and effective courts and tribunals system, introduce greater transparency in the judicial appointments process, improve judicial diversity, reform community and non-custodial sentencing, establish a new system for exemplary damages and costs and who they will apply too, provide additional safeguards in the UK鈥檚 extradition arrangements, amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and establish a new tool to tackle economic crime, namely Deferred Prosecution Agreements.

Useful documents

  • can be found on the Ministry of Justice鈥檚 web-pages
  • can be found on the Ministry of Justice鈥檚 web-pages alongside the government鈥檚 response to the recent consultation 鈥楢ppointments and Diversity: A Judiciary for the 21st Century鈥�
  • can be found on the Ministry of Justice鈥檚 web-pages alongside the government鈥檚 response to the recent consultation 鈥楶unishment and Reform: effective community sentences鈥�
  • can be found on the Ministry of Justice鈥檚 web-pages alongside the government鈥檚 response to the recent consultation on 鈥榓 new enforcement tool to deal with economic crime committed by commercial organisation: Deferred Prosecution Agreement鈥�

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Published 11 May 2012

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