HOLIDAY JUROR LOSES APPEAL
A juror from Blackpool jailed for contempt of court after going on holiday during a trial lost a challenge against her sentence. Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London rejected a plea by Janet...
View ArticleJURIES – IS THERE NOTHING BETTER?
Chris Huhne’s ex-wife, from south London, faces a retrial after a jury described by a judge as suffering “absolutely fundamental deficits in understanding” failed to reach a verdict in her case. Vicky...
View ArticleCriminal courts “expensive, inefficient and jury trials should be reduced”
The criminal justice system is inefficient, time-consuming, too expensive, and the right to trial by jury in some cases needs to be reconsidered a new report claims – which one commentator has said is...
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