The move to reduce the courts' backlog will 'erode' the system of justice in this country, according to lawyers.

Ministers are set to unveil major curbs to jury service. The government says there is a "crisis" in the criminal justice ...

Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.

The government says bold action will be announced soon by ministers - future juries are likely to decide only murder, rape or ...

Ministry of Justice secretary David Lammy is reportedly proposing a major shake-up that would see some jury trials being ...

Justice Secretary David Lammy is pushing a sweeping overhaul of England’s and Wales’ criminal courts that would strip ...

A confidential memorandum from Justice Secretary David Lammy has exposed the Government's intention to eliminate jury trials ...

The Justice Secretary David Lammy wrote to other ministers and senior civil servants warning drastic action was needed to cut ...

The announcement by Britain’s Labor deputy prime minister, David Lammy, also the justice minister, that there is “no right” ...

New proposals have been revealed to scrap jury trials in England and Wales apart from the most serious of cases.

Radical proposals to slash crown court backlog mean only murder, rape, manslaughter and 'public interest' cases to be ...

The number of knife offences dealt with by courts in Surrey has decreased, new figures show. The number of knife offences ...