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Minister insists courts backlog will fall without jury trial limits
Original: Courts backlog will still fall despite scrapping plans to curb jury trials, Alex Norris insists
Courts minister Alex Norris says the crown court backlog in England and Wales will still come down even though the government has dropped plans to restrict jury trials. The proposals, first put forward by former justice secretary David Lammy last year, aimed to cut delays by limiting defendants' right to a jury. The reversal prompts questions over how ministers now plan to tackle record case waiting times.
Why now: The government has abandoned a contested justice reform, raising doubts about how the record courts backlog will be cut.
Alex NorrisDavid LammyUK Ministry of Justicecrown courts
Evidence
- Courts backlog will still fall despite scrapping plans to curb jury trials, Alex Norris insists · BBC News
Proposals to limit jury trials were first introduced by former justice secretary David Lammy last year.
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