Evaluation of Wellington District Court criminal list pilot [pdf, 122 KB]
...They voiced a number of specific concerns: • staff have to spend longer at court, including having to wait or return for the afternoon appointment system, rather than working through to completion in one sitting • police no longer have control of files, some of which could be at the registrars’ counter and some elsewhere in the court • the prosecutor in court is not able to discuss cases directly with the registrar and the defendant’s solicitor • the area allocated to police in...