Proposed changes to listing arrangements for Cambridgeshire

Results updated 22 Jan 2015

A total of 34 responses were received. Of these:

• 13 were from individual magistrates,
• 1 was from the Designated Family Judge
• 1 was from the Regional Employment Judge
• 1 was from a member of the public
• 1 was from the Crown Prosecution Service
• 1 was a group response from solicitors in Cambridge
• 2 were from individual solicitors
• 1 was from the Bar Mess
• 1 was from Cambridgeshire Police
• 1 was from Witness Services
• 2 were from Youth Offending Teams
• 4 were from local authorities
• 2 were from public prosecutors
• 2 were from staff working for HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• 1 which did not address the consultation at all, was from a vexatious litigant.

 

Of the 33 responses which referred to the matter in hand, 13 were in favour of the proposed changes, 13 were opposed (2 of these respondents were also included in collective responses), 6 could be categorised as ambivalent, broadly supportive of the schedule but with concerns about aspects of it, and 1 addressed only a detailed point.

The response to consultation summarises the submissions received and the response to them.  Some revisions have been made to details of the schedule as a result of representations, while retaining the key elements outlined.

What happens next

The revised schedule will take effect from 1 April 2014.

Files:

• Cambridgeshire schedule consultation response, 152.3 KB (PDF document)