White collar partners have warned of the ‘slippery slope’ facing the UK criminal justice system, following the news that jury trials will be scrapped for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years.
The move, announced by justice secretary David Lammy yesterday (2 December), is aimed at reducing the backlog of cases in courts across England and Wales, and will also apply to ‘exceptionally technical and lengthy’ fraud and financial cases.
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