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Evening Standard
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Politics
Nina Lloyd

Founder of Starmer’s chambers denounces plans for jury trial cuts

Geoffrey Robertson condemned the proposed reforms (Lauren Hurley/PA) - (PA Archive)

The founder of Sir Keir Starmer’s former barristers’ chambers has condemned Government plans to curb access to jury trials as a “betrayal” of Labour values and a “cure worse than the disease”.

Geoffrey Robertson KC said the proposed reforms would “take an axe to a piece of English heritage” in a 31-page polemic published on the Bar Council website.

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