Share It also added that the justice system will suffer Covid-related delays for 'years to come' with a 'severe' impact on victims of crime unless ministers agree a major cash injection. Recovery from pandemic-related backlogs will be 'impossible' unless ministers agree a significant funding boost, four criminal justice inspectors said. Top barrister: Close the courts during lockdown A barrister wants courts to be shut during lockdown after a murder trial was postponed when the judge contracted coronavirus. Daniel Janner QC said it was 'madness' for courts to remain open. Unions and legal bodies have also demanded a court shutdown on safety grounds.