Jury trials in England and Wales for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years will be scrapped, the ...

Right to trial by jury seen as a touchstone of the British justice system, but severe court backlogs may prompt change.

Justice secretary David Lammy has announced plans to scrap jury trials for crimes likely to carry a sentence of three years ...

The British justice secretary, David Lammy, announced the contentious move on Tuesday as part of an attempt to tackle a ...

Your weekly update on the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: criminal legal aid ...

Robert Jenrick attacked David Lammy for backtracking on his previous support for jury trials. The Tory shadow minister said ...

Britain will limit the right of some criminal defendants to a trial by jury — a cornerstone of British justice dating to Magna Carta in 1215 — in a bid to clear dangerously clogged court dockets, ...

The right to trial by jury dates back to at least the 12th century. The government's proposals to limit it in England and ...

Mandy Clare, of Winsford Dene Ward, is no longer in line for a two-day trial for assault and criminal damage due to the ...

The former Head of the Criminal Bar Association has warned that Government plans to scrap jury trials for all but the most serious offences would strip thousands of people of a “basic right”.

The UK government on Tuesday tabled a new set of judicial reforms in Parliament that will scrap jury trials for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years to fast-track the process ...