New Zealand struggles with court backlogs, considering changes to trial types as a fix.

New Zealand faces a significant backlog in judge-alone trials, with over 50% of scheduled cases unresolved. The government plans to increase the threshold for jury trials to ease the backlog, but lawyers argue this could worsen the issue due to a lack of judges. The legal community is exploring increasing the number of judges as a potential solution.

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