Over 100 lawyers sign open letter slamming decision to scrap Lammy's right to trial by jury
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Lammy's proposal to scrap trial-by-jury has been roundly condemned by the country's top lawyers in another blow to the doomed policy

Over 100 lawyers, including 24 King’s Council, have written an open letter to David Lammy to express “deep concern” in response to the Leveson Review of the criminal courts. Leveson proposed a Crown Court Bench Division (CCBD) and judge-only trials. The review formed the basis for Lammy’s subsequent proposal to scrap jury trials in all but […]

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