Jury Trials: Lawyers Warn of Labour’s ‘Irremediable Error’

UK Labour government to massively restrict right to trial by jury

The UK government aims to introduce legislation to end jury trials for all cases carrying a maximum sentence of less than five years.

Jury Trials: Lawyers Warn of Labour’s ‘Irremediable Error’

Share this post: Leading lawyers are pleading with the government not to commit the “irremediable error” of ending jury trials for most cases - but is their plea falling on deaf ears? Here’s The Guardian to give you the context: “More than 100 lawyers who wrote to the Ministry of Justice expressing significant concerns about [...] The post Constitutional crisis brews as lawyers defend jury trials against plan to end them appeared first on Vox Po…

In defence of jury trials

DK Renton argues that David Lammy’s proposal to severely cut the number of jury trials is another authoritarian step by Labour. Royal courts of justice, London. Image by Cindy Andrie. Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Do you remember the Elbit Two? Supporters of Palestine Action, they admitted occupying for six days the roof of a factory manufacturing drones. They damaged a skylight to reveal a drone inside the factory and sprayed the building in red paint…