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Government accused of ‘arrogantly’ ignoring views of legal profession

The Scottish Government has been accused of “arrogantly” ignoring the views of the legal profession as it considers plans to reform rape trials. The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill would create a pilot of juryless rape trials ...

23 May 2023 at 12:12

Scotland

Judge-only rape trials a ‘blatant attempt’ to increase convictions, says lawyer

A leading lawyer has branded controversial plans to hold pilot trials without a jury in rape cases as a “social experiment” from the Scottish Government in a “blatant attempt to increase conviction rates”. Stuart Murray, the president of the ...

17 Oct 2023 at 15:39

Labour does not trust public, says Jenrick amid reports of more juryless trials

Robert Jenrick accused the Government of not trusting “ordinary people” with law and order, amid reports it is considering restricting jury trials to rape, murder and manslaughter. Justice minister Sarah Sackman pledged to do “whatever it ...

27 Nov 2025 at 14:51

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

17 Dec 2025 at 20:32

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