1.4 Backlogs of Crown Court business are being reduced as a result of the five or six Crown Court sittings which can be accommodated at Laganside, on average, each day during term time. The modern facilities provide distinct separation routes for all court user groups, within a secure yet comfortable environment. Juries, witnesses, defendants, child witnesses, witnesses in fear, victims and families all have special needs to be catered for. The Service considers that these advantages are becoming increasingly apparent to court users. The high-tech courtrooms have already been used to full advantage while a re-trial, which had originally taken five months at hearing in a conventional courtroom, ran only eight weeks at Laganside, because of the efficiencies of new digital evidence facilities. A recent High Court Judge family proceeding was transferred to Laganside where the modern facilities provided separate, comfortable waiting, digital recording facilities and video links.