The Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, likes saying it, as did her predecessor, Alex Chalk, and his predecessor-but-one, ...

Here are four things you should know before forming an opinion on jury-free trials. There are almost 77,000 cases waiting for trial in the Crown Court in England and Wales. This means some defendants ...

Here is how a trial could work without a jury. An option could be to give Magistrates Courts the powers to hand custodial sentences of more than one year, as is the current limit.

Sexual assault, incest and stalking could be among the crimes tried by a new type of court that doesn’t involve a jury, under ...

Sir Brian Leveson has warned that the UK's court system is in 'deep crisis', leaving victims, witnesses and defendants ...