Groups representing victims of VAWG called for the justice secretary to drop plans to limit jury trials, insisting they are a ‘democratic safeguard’
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Groups representing victims of VAWG called for the justice secretary to drop plans to limit jury trials, insisting they are a ‘democratic safeguard’
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Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said she had ‘grave security concerns’ about David Lammy’s reforms
The Courts and Tribunals Bill, which includes plans to limit jury trials to cases with a likely sentence of three years or more,…
The justice secretary outlined ‘bold but necessary’ reforms including removing juries in cases that could have a jail sentence of…
Retired judges and a former director of public prosecutions are among those calling for the justice secretary to halt plans to…
Angela Rayner among those who could vote against the plan to end the right to a jury trial for some defendants
The former shadow attorney general has previously described the policy as 'undemocratic'
