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The answer is, yes, he will hear the pretrial cases in chambers.
It is widely acknowledged that as a result of the pretrial issues working group, the amount of documentation required following arrest has significantly increased.
The two principal features in the report are pretrial preparation and whether we should do away with juries in fraud cases.
I cannot ignore the view that people are not treated as they should be during pretrial procedures.
We think that it would only confuse matters to create the concept of a directions hearing as something separate from the pretrial review.
The issue of an accused person's fitness-to-plead will normally be considered in any pretrial psychiatric report.
It proposes that there should be pretrial disclosure of the case of the defence.
The recommendation as regards pretrial reviews would also increase efficiency.
