Right to jury trial under threat as Leveson asked to carry out ‘once in generation’ review of courts

Sir Brian Leveson will lead the review of the courts system - (BBC)

Sir Brian Leveson is to lead a “once in a generation” review of the courts system in England and Wales to deal with the spiralling backlog of cases.

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced that the retired judge, most famous for chairing the inquiry into press standards a decade ago, with the instruction that “no reform is off the table” to deal with the crisis.