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- Restrictions on jury trials will put real justice at risk | Lettersby Guardian Staff on 14-July-25
Dr Joanna Gilmore and Prof David Mead on Sir Brian Leveson’s proposals to help deal with a backlog in the criminal courts. Plus letters from former crown […]
- The Guardian view on private prosecutions: access to justice should not depend on people’s ability to pay | Editorialby Editorial on 13-July-25
An option that should provide a safety valve when the state falls short appears to be increasingly a tool for businesses – sometimes to draconian effectIn […]
- Self-serving Post Office bosses deserve nothing short of prison | Lettersby Guardian Staff on 10-July-25
Readers respond to Marina Hyde’s article on the publication of the first volume of the inquiry report on the Horizon scandalSo now we know – the Post […]
- Jury-free trials proposed to save criminal justice system from collapseby Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent on 09-July-25
Senior judge Sir Brian Leveson unveils radical proposals to clear huge backlog in crown courts in England and WalesThousands of defendants in England and Wales […]
- How do criminal courts work without juries around the world?by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent on 08-July-25
US defendants can waive right to jury trial and in Germany jury trials were abolished in 1924One of the most significant recommendations in a review of the […]
- Southport inquiry to examine ‘wholesale failure’ to prevent attackby Josh Halliday North of England editor on 08-July-25
Murder of three young girls at a holiday club was ‘far from unforseeable’, says inquiry chairThe inquiry into the Southport attack will examine the […]