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

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

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

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

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

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 plan to forgo jury trials for defendants charged with lower-level crimes is aimed at easing an 80,000-case backlog in a court system booked as far out as 2030.

Britain will remove the historic right to trial by jury for defendants in many less serious criminal cases in an effort to ...

In England and Wales, a dramatic overhaul of the justice system is underway, with thousands of jury trials set to be scrapped ...

The trial over royalties for Jimi Hendrix's bandmates' estates began in U.K. court on Tuesday (Dec. 9) with opening arguments for both sides.

UK lord chancellor and deputy prime minister David Lammy has presented a new criminal justice system plan that includes a new ...

The right to trial by jury dates back to at least the 12th century. The government's proposals to limit it in England and ...