Bar Council

Column: Labour’s plans to scrap some jury trials defies all logic 

Trial by jury is a centuries‑old safeguard, dating to before the Norman Conquest and guaranteed by the Magna Carta, designed to ensure that an individual can be judged guilty only by their peers...

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