Increased sitting days and higher crown court disposal rates are successfully reducing the backlog of cases Nick Goodwin jumped into the deep end of the row over the government’s plans for jury trials as the…
Jon, Ed & Mark are joined by Flora Page KC, a leading barrister who represented wrongly accused subpostmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal to talk about the future of juries – the beating…
The government is accused of sitting on evidence because the findings undermine its push to cut jury trials. Ministers are accused of sitting on official data showing that backlogs in the criminal courts are falling…
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David Lammy’s boneheaded plan to axe most jury trials moved a step closer this week and even upstanding citizens should be worried. In an era where criticising your child’s school on WhatsApp or thinking the…
Flora Page KC resigns from the Legal Services Board to publicly oppose reforms affecting jury trials A board member of the Legal Services Board has resigned with immediate effect in order to publicly oppose government…
A KC who represented victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in the public inquiry has quit her post on the Legal Services Board to fight justice secretary David Lammy’s plans to restrict the right…
The PM and David Lammy have tried to quell dissent, but dozens of Labour MPs are thought to be ready to vote against plans intended to clear the court backlog. Read more at The Times
A Labour MP has revealed she waited 1,088 days to go to court after being raped. In a powerful speech as MPs debated reforms to the courts system, Charlotte Nichols spoke about her own experiences…
David Lammy’s proposed reforms to the courts system have successfully passed their first parliamentary stage, despite accusations from his own backbench that he is exploiting victims’ experiences as a “cudgel” to push them through. During…