As devolved nations, both Scotland and Northern Ireland have full control over their own justice systems. Wales, however, remains an outlier, with Westminster’s continued grip on our criminal justice system denying us the parity of powers afforded to other parts of the
The UK Government’s proposal to merge the three magistrates’ benches in north Wales into a single administrative structure covering six counties and nearly 2,400 square miles risks undermining a principle that should lie at the heart of our legal system: that justice
