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Abstract: This article discusses briefly the role that might be played by pre‐trial review (PTR) hearings in promoting the efficient handling of criminal cases in the magistrates' courts. It then summarises some of the findings of an evaluation study undertaken by the authors in two busy inner‐city courts which have slightly different systems for pre‐trial review. Efficiency gains are measured in tern of case‐settlement and case‐streamlining and the results are discussed in the context of whether the observed outcomes of PTRs have had an unacceptable impact on the delivery of substantive justice to the defendants in the cases involved.