The Home Office had promised to clear
its huge backlog of cases by Christmas 2012.
The European Court of Human Rights has also attracted controversy recently with concerns increasing about the number of national court decisions that are overturned by the ECtHR and
the huge backlog of cases waiting to be heard.
Not exact matches
He said the steep increase reflects reporting on a
backlog of cases: «With the
huge surge in
cases in certain countries, particularly in September and October, people got behind on their data,» he said.
A
huge backlog has accumulated in the preparation
of reports under the Children Act 1989 (CA) s 7 and in the appointment
of guardians in public law
cases.
Also: in most countries there is a
huge backlog of criminal and civil
cases for the justice system, so many that they can not all be prosecuted concurrently, hence some form
of priority will be given.