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Justice Secretary’s Plan to Remove Automatic Appeals Faces Strong Opposition from Defence Lawyers
The announcement by the Justice Secretary in the Autumn of 2025 that he intends to remove the automatic right to appeal a conviction and sentence from the Magistrates Court, and to elect jury trial for eitherway offences, has been well
Publicity Gimmick or A True Justice Secretary?
In 2017 David Lammy the then Labour MP and criminal defence barrister, conducted a report in to injustice and prejudice in the criminal justice system. In his review into ‘prejudice in the criminal justice system’, David Lammy highlighted that juries
Minister admits LAA had no digital disaster recovery plan
The government did not have a digital disaster recovery plan in place for the Legal Aid Agency despite knowing since 2021 that the agency’s IT systems were vulnerable to attack, it has emerged. The agency’s systems were hacked on 31
A move towards an authoritarian state’: what those with trial experience think of removing juries
David Lammy plans to cut the number of jury trials in England and Wales. A defendant, a victim, a barrister, a KC, a judge and a juror have concerns. ‘A move towards an authoritarian state’: what those with trial experience
Labour MP issues plea to Lammy to scrap ‘stupid’ jury trial plan
A senior Labour MP has issued a plea to Justice Secretary David Lammy to scrap “stupid” plans to reduce the number of jury trials in England and Wales to cut court backlogs. Karl Turner told the BBC: “It’s undemocratic. It
Jury trial reforms set to be announced
The government is set to announce plans to restrict the right to a jury trial in England and Wales in an attempt to turn around unprecedented backlogs and delays in justice. David Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary,
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