SCRAPPING jury trials will “undermine confidence in our criminal justice system” with “no evidence” it will bring down court ...

Ministers hope the move will help to clear a backlog of cases in the courts but the plans have faced a significant backlash, ...

For hundreds of years, Britons accused of substantial crimes have had the right to be tried by their peers in a court of law. But now as the country grapples with an acute backlog of cases waiting to ...

The United Kingdom’s justice secretary, David Lammy, is limiting people’s right to a trial by jury in England and Wales. Under proposals he outlined in parliament on Tuesday, only defendants accused ...