The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice on Tuesday announced plans to expand the court estate by transforming four temporary court buildings into permanent fixtures, in a move to increase access to justice. The UK Law Society data in March 2025 showed that the backlog in UK criminal courts reached nearly 77,000 cases. More than 18,093 Crown Court cases have been outstanding for a year or more. The key contributors to the low demand include inadequate funding, high workloads, staff shortages and inexperience, poor court administration, crumbling infrastructure, and problems with technology. Minister of Justice Sarah Sackman, addressing the state of the UK Justice System, emphasized that investment alone is not enough.