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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin,David Maddox and Millie Cooke

Lammy to lay out sweeping reforms for ‘swift justice’ including plans to scrap jury trials in thousands of cases

David Lammy has insisted he wants to “save the jury system” as he gears up to unveil sweeping reforms which would see some criminal trials decided by judges alone.

The justice secretary will lay out the most radical court reforms in a generation in the Commons on Tuesday, as part of efforts to tackle what he described as the “courts emergency”.

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