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Guidance

Practice Direction on Listing and Criminal Remote Participation Guidance

Published 2026-07-06Last updated 2026-09-09

Documents

Practice Direction on Listing

A national listing framework for Crown Court cases. Designed to ensure that cases are prioritised for a hearing or trial with proper regard to the human impact of delay for participants, and the fair and efficient use of judicial and court resources.

Criminal Remote Participation Guidance

A clear national framework to support effective and consistent use of remote participation in criminal proceedings.

Practice Direction on Listing: Guidance notes

Guidance notes have been developed to help the judiciary, HMCTS staff and practitioners apply the National Listing Framework in practice