UK government plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog

The British government has announced changes to the right to trial by jury to address a backlog in the justice system ...

To clear huge court backlog, U.K. aims to scrap jury trials for some crimes

The plan to forgo jury trials for defendants charged with lower-level crimes is aimed at easing an 80,000-case backlog in a ...
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British Justice Minister unveils ‘sweeping’ court reforms

The main changes include judges deciding the verdict instead of juries for some cases. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Why UK is considering abolishing jury trials – a system India has long since abandoned

UK plans to scrap jury trials for ‘mid-range’ offences – crimes such as theft, burglary, fraud and assault. Here’s why ...

Inside the British Isles' legal system where defendants can sometimes choose whether to have a jury

The Jurats decide issues of fact in criminal and civil trials, hand down sentences in criminal trials and award damages in ...

Britain ends jury trials for sentences less than 3 years

On Tuesday, Britain's Labor government claimed the government's new system would process cases a fifth faster than trials ...

U.K. Plans to End Jury Trials for Crimes with Sentences Under 3 Years

The British justice secretary, David Lammy, announced the contentious move on Tuesday as part of an attempt to tackle a ...
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British Official Floats Abandoning Ancient Legal Tradition Enshrined By Magna Carta

Justice Secretary David Lammy is pushing a sweeping overhaul of England’s and Wales’ criminal courts that would strip ...
Time

Do Sharia Courts Have a Role in British Life?

It doesn’t take much to whip up Britain’s irascible press: “Secret courts imposing draconian Islamic justice operate across Britain,” read one paper’s front-page splash last week, following a BBC ...