Here are four things you should know before forming an opinion on jury-free trials. There are almost 77,000 cases waiting for ...

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.

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

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

Ex-judge Sir Brian Leveson has proposed that more than 150 serious offences could be dealt with using a new court division ...

Sir Brian Leveson was charged by Keir Starmer’s Labour government with proposing major changes to the court system, in the ...

The review comes as the court backlog reached a record high, with over 75,000 cases waiting to be seen. | ITV National News ...

Sir Brian Leveson has unveiled plans to shake-up the structure of courts and reclassify offences. Reducing the number of jury ...

Trials by jury could be scrapped for fraud and sexual assault cases in radical reforms to tackle court backlog - The ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said ministers will now consider the recommendations and will respond ahead of legislating changes in the autumn. The Lord Chancellor said: “I have already lifted ...