The Jury Alliance https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home The Telegraph: Burnham will scrap Lammy plans to curb jury trials Justice committee finds no evidence to back curbs on jury trials What can I do? Why juries are essential Court data casts doubt on need for jury reforms Press URGENT CALL TO ACTION! The history of juries Support materials Privacy policy Jury Support Day Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts talk about the future of Juries Data shows court backlogs falling, so why aren’t ministers talking about it? Hansard voting report on Courts and Tribunals Bill Express: I’ve been a juror twice – this is why Justice Secretary David Lammy is a complete idiot Solicitor News: Senior legal figure resigns from LSB to oppose Courts and Tribunals Bill reforms Law Gazette: KC quits regulator to fight ‘tyrannical’ jury trial curbs Times: Keir Starmer faces one of his biggest rebellions over jury trial cuts Mirror: Powerful moment as Labour MP describes ‘agony’ of wait for justice after rape Independent: Lammy’s jury reforms pass first Commons hurdle despite Labour backbench opposition MP tells Commons she waited 1,088 days for her rape case to reach court BBC: Jury restriction plan clears first hurdle despite Labour dissent Sky: Jury trial changes survive Labour rebellion to clear first Commons hurdle The Sun: David Lammy’s plan to scrap juries makes it through vote as Labour quells major rebellion with last-ditch concessions Guardian: Lammy defends jury reforms against claims they will worsen racial bias in legal system The Sun: Legal boffins slam David Lammy’s ‘unworkable’ jury reforms as Govt prepares for backbench rebellion PCS statement on government plans to restrict jury trials The Times: David Lammy is using rape victims to get his way on juries Financial Times: Has the government put the cart before the horse with its plans to radically restrict jury trials? The Times, Michael Gove: Cut jury trials and another lamp of liberty will fade The Telegraph: Lammy hints at U-turn over jury trials The Guardian: ‘A move towards an authoritarian state’ The Telegraph: Labour MP Karl Turner: Lammy should resign over his jury trials betrayal Guardian: Plans to limit jury trials in England and Wales may be watered down after backlash Telegraph: Labour rebel threatens by-election over Starmer’s jury plan Independent: Starmer expected to U-turn on jury trial plan as MP warns rebels will defeat it Echo News: Why the jury is out on Labour bid to cut court backlog Contact us Leveson enquiry Jury-less courts would be ‘lunacy’, top Welsh lawyer warns The Times: Britain’s broken justice system, told through one day in court Telegraph: Top barristers oppose Labour attack on jury trials Four Bars joint statement on jury trials in England and Wales Novara: Why Do Governments Hate Juries? Because They Have Consciences Tribune: An Attack on Juries Is an Attack on Democracy Telegraph: ‘Perverse’ verdicts are precisely why we need to keep juries Daily Mail: Labour’s desperate plan to ditch 800-year-old right to jury trial is met with fury … A Lawyer Writes: Lammy’s response to Leveson News