Sir Brian Leveson's review of the courts warns that 'essential measures' are needed to prevent 'total collapse'. Crown court ...

Essential measures' needed to prevent 'total collapse' - Crown court backlogs, jury trials and 'perverse fee incentives' all ...

Plans to reduce the number of jury trials and create a new type of crown court where trials are heard by judges were unveiled ...

Retired senior judge Sir Brian Leveson, who was tasked by the Government to look at ways to solve the backlog of cases in the criminal courts, has made radical proposals to change the system and ...

In October 2024 the Lord Chancellor commissioned an independent review of sentencing to help address the growing prison population and other challenges faced by the criminal justice system in ...

Suspected sex offenders and drug dealers are among thousands of defendants who could be stripped of the right to a jury trial ...

Cut back jury trials to save justice system from total collapse, government told - Sir Brian Leveson said his reforms are ...

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Sir Brian, chairman of the independent review of the criminal courts, said: “It is well recognised that justice delayed is ...

SUPREME Court Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen on Wednesday urged government lawyers and policymakers to fundamentally ...

Louisiana has been repeatedly accused of holding inmates past their release date. State officials say the problem has been ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Welcome to the initial biweekly “ScotusCrim” column for SCOTUSblog, which we hope ...