HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has outlined the next steps for recovery in the Crown Courts following coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown measures. HMCTS is working to increase jury trial capacity and expects to have 100 courtrooms available for jury trials by the end of August 2020. To comply with social distancing requirements, HMCTS is overseeing the installation of Plexiglass screens and Portakabins in around 250 courts and retiring rooms. Alongside this, HMCTS is trialling a new approach to opening hours, which involves a minimum of two court rooms operating jury trials in the same court centre—one courtroom will operate two lists covering morning and afternoon trials from Monday to Friday, and the other will operate a ‘standard hours’ court to ensure that if, for any reason, a case is unsuitable for the earlier or later session court, it can still be listed in the usual way.