Restricting jury trials might appear to offer a fast route to clearing backlogs, but the data suggests that delays stem from ...

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

The United Kingdom on Tuesday unveiled its reform plans to scrap jury trials for crimes with an expected sentence of less than three years. The measure aims to reduce a 'record backlog of cases' in ...

The British government has announced changes to the right to trial by jury to address a backlog in the justice system.

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

David Lammy said juries will be replaced with single judges for ‘either-way’ offences likely to result in a sentence of three ...

The move to reduce the courts' backlog will 'erode' the system of justice in this country, according to lawyers.

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

The UK justice minister, David Lammy, told parliament last Tuesday that the government is minded to remove the right to jury trial for all offences for which the sentence was likely to be less than ...

UK plans to scrap jury trials for ‘mid-range’ offences – crimes such as theft, burglary, fraud and assault. Here’s why ...

New proposals have been revealed to scrap jury trials in England and Wales apart from the most serious of cases.

The benefits of generative artificial intelligence in legal work have been proven by a trial by UK law firm Silver Circle. The study reportedly found that lawyers writing their drafts with AI took ...