David Lammy’s plans to strip thousands of defendants of the right to a jury trial in favour of judge-only hearings could threaten judges’ security, the head of the judiciary has warned.
Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, said on Tuesday that she had “grave security concerns” about the controversial reforms, which would see juries in England and Wales replaced with a single judge in cases where a convicted defendant would be jailed for up to three years.
