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Justice Secretary to set out reforms to tackle ‘courts emergency’

Plans to free up crown courts to deal with serious crimes swiftly and hand more support to victims are set to be announced by the Justice Secretary as part of efforts to tackle the “courts emergency”. David Lammy, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, ...

02 Dec 2025 at 10:00

Jury trials to be scrapped in some cases in bid to tackle court backlog

Jury trials in some cases will be scrapped and so-called “swift courts” set up in England and Wales, the Justice Secretary has announced. Currently jury trials make up 3% of cases but this will be curbed further as David Lammy confirmed they would ...

02 Dec 2025 at 16:57

Starmer faces threat of rebellion from Labour MPs over jury trial plans

Sir Keir Starmer is facing the threat of a backbench rebellion over plans to curb jury trials, as 39 MPs broke cover to urge the Prime Minister to U-turn on the plan. Justice Secretary David Lammy announced plans to reserve jury trials only for ...

17 Dec 2025 at 20:32

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