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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

End jury trial delays, say barristers in General Election challenge to fix criminal justice system

The next government must axe delays to jury trials and commit £2.48bn in extra spending to prevent “structural failure” in the criminal justice system, barristers have said.

The Bar Council is lobbying for a Royal Commission on the whole criminal justice system in the next Parliament, to fix the record backlog of cases, overcrowded prisons, and rampant delays in cases getting to trial.

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