According to the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), testing equipment from the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) will arrive at selected court sites shortly, as part of a limited pilot scheme to provide lateral flow tests for all court users. The length of the pilot is currently unclear.
In his weekly message to members, chair of the CBA James Mulholland QC said it is ‘extraordinary that a pilot scheme is thought necessary for a testing process which has been administered in car parks up and down the land for many months.
