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Jury

8 months ago

David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases ⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 25 (Tue) @ 18:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’

Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are …

Jury trials will be scrapped except for murder, rape and manslaughter cases as David Lammy tries to tackle court backlog with major justice overhaul ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 25 (Tue) @ 17:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Mr Lammy, who is also deputy prime minister, wrote in a memo to other ministers and senior civil servants that there was 'no right' to jury trials in the UK.

Jury trials could be scrapped in England and Wales except for most serious cases ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 25 (Tue) @ 16:30 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.

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