David Lammy has pledged to fix the UK’s broken judicial system amid a spiralling case backlog
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David Lammy has pledged to fix the UK’s broken judicial system amid a spiralling case backlog
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David Lammy intervenes to address legal delays of several years in some cases
Crown Court delays won’t be significantly reduced for nearly a decade even with plans to replace half of jury trials
Judge-only trials could replace juries for less serious crimes as David Lammy unveils ‘bold’ plans for a Canada-inspired justice…
The justice secretary outlined ‘bold but necessary’ reforms including removing juries in cases that could have a jail sentence of…
Almost 77,000 crown court cases were waiting to be heard in March, figures show
Sir Brian Leveson, who was appointed by the government to conduct an independent review of the courts system, has urged the…
