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Mouldy and flooding courtrooms, the district court backlog, and legal aid issues are among problems the country's courts are facing. 听
Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann has released her latest briefing to Attorney-General Judith Collins. 听
It outlines the need to raise the cap on the number of senior court judges, and under-funding in courtroom maintenance.听
Criminal Bar Association President Annabel Creswell told Mike Hosking the issue of the cap on judges has been raised for years. 听
She says everything the Chief Justice has outlined have been problems for a long time, but they're worse since Covid and since the population has increased. 听
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