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NLJ this week: Trials & tribulations

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10 June 2020
Issue: 7890 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal
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NLJ columnist Jon Robins explores the impact of the suspension of jury trials in response to the COVID-19 crisis, in this week’s issue

The cessation of trials has caused financial difficulties for many defence lawyers, while ‘for those remanded in prison or bail, it is a nightmare as lives are put on hold indefinitely’ and ‘for the victims of crime, it means prolonging the agony’. However, not all lawyers are fans of juries. Geoffrey Robertson QC, head of Doughty Street, for example, has suggested that defendants be given the right to opt for trial by judge instead.

Issue: 7890 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal
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