PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Non-molestation Orders: Coronavirus (24 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that court hearings for breaches of non-molestation orders take place promptly during the covid-19 outbreak.
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour)
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour)
Answer
HMCTS is working closely with the Judiciary and criminal justice agencies to ensure cases that need to be prioritised can be.
Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Non-Molestation orders have been placed in the highest category of work in the magistrates’ and family courts for urgent hearings.
The prioritisation of cases and trials is a judicial decision and the senior judiciary has issued the following guidance:
Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
1 July 2020
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