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Supreme Court feels the strain as cases back up

What also will not be helping is the fact that the Court has been operating short-handed for almost six months - and will continue to do so for at least another three months - due to the craven decision to allow Sumption to have one last (at least) seven-figure hurrah in the Beresovsky v Abramovich. Had a judge who was actually willing to join the Court when he or she were needed been selected, the problem would not be as bad. Furthermore, the efficiency of the Court must be called into question when one looks at the sitting timetable for this term. The case due to be heard this Wednesday and Thursday has settled, but no replacement has been listed. There is nothing listed for next Monday and Tuesday. At present there is nothing at all listed for the week of 28 November. What is that so if there is a backlog as long as suggested in the article above? Perhaps Lord Phillips shoudl explain...

17-Oct-2011

1:23 pm