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- You do not always have a right to trial by jury. It depends on the type of offence you are charged with: If you are charged with a Summary Offence you can only be tried in the magistrates’ court; If you are charged with an Either-Way Offence you can be tried either in the magistrates’ court, or by a jury in the Crown Court.
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Aug 17, 2023 · Defendants in England and Wales can elect or be obliged to undergo jury trial for most non-minor offences
Sir Brian proposes that trial by jury should remain the primary form of trial for the more serious offences triable on indictment but that this should by subject to two exceptions: the first, that Defendants in the Crown Court should be entitled with the court’s consent to opt for trial by Judge alone; the second that in serious and complex ...
Decide if you should elect a trial by jury, understanding the pros and cons. Visit Defence-Barrister.co.uk for detailed guidance on making this crucial decision.
We consider it imperative that the short to medium term consequences of the current crisis do not become a means of dispensing with or compromising one of the bedrocks of our democratic process, the right to trial by jury for serious criminal offences.
Jul 15, 2020 · The right to jury trial is under imminent threat in England and Wales. As with all areas of life, Covid-19 has had a profound effect on the criminal justice system.
- Hannah Quirk
The right to a trial by jury under UK criminal law, including why jury trials are used, who can serve on a jury and how a jury's decision can be challenged.
We are particularly suspicious of suggestions that defendants charged with middle-ranking offences — ones that can be tried either by magistrates or in the Crown Court — should lose their entitlement to jury trial, at least while the backlog is so bad that defendants in custody may be held for up to eight months and those on bail may not be ...
