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Podcast: Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics
Episode: Sir Brian Leveson and Criminal Justice: A Requiem For Jury Trials in England and Wales?
Description: The UK criminal justice system is facing an existential threat with court backlogs surging, trial complexity increasing, and decades of chronic underfunding pushing the system to the edge of collapse. Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC are joined by Sir Brian Leveson to discuss the findings of his landmark independent review of the criminal courts.Â
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The discussion explores proposals to overhaul the structure of criminal trials, reduce pressure on the courts, and restore public trust touching on key issues such as:
Removing the right to elect trial by jury in certain cases
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