“Prosecutors plan to apply this week to hold a major criminal trial without a jury for the first time. The step is being taken because of concerns that jurors assigned to the case – which involves members of an organised criminal network – would be vulnerable to intimidation or bribery.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Government plans to give the home secretary powers to remove juries from some inquests are ‘astonishing’, an influential group of MPs says.”
BBC News, 7th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In an unprecedented move, two jurors recently spoke out to condemn the conviction of Keran Henderson, a childminder, for the murder of 11-month-old Maeve Sheppard while in her care. Their comments, revealed by The Times, were made anonymously. Now, in an exclusive article, the foreman, a lecturer living in Berkshire, questions the practical workings of the jury system.”
The Times, 29th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“US trial consultants are helping UK lawyers second-guess the jury. But, asks Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, how much value can they add when jurors are protected by court rules?”
The Independent, 16th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A jury of 10 men and two women was selected yesterday to hear the trial of a forklift truck driver accused of murdering five prostitutes during a killing spree carried out at a pace never seen before in Britain.”
The Independent, 15th January 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Attorney-General is to look into the case in which two jurors have questioned the conviction of a childminder for killing a baby in her care.”
The Times, 20th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two jurors have spoken out to question the guilty verdict in a case last month in which a childminder was jailed for shaking a baby to death.”
The Times, 19th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina v Foster
Regina v Newman
Regina v Kempster
Regina v Birmingham
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“There was no absolute obligation on a trial judge to leave an alternative lesser verdict for the jury to consider whenever the defence to the more serious charge on the indictment involved an admission of a lesser or different offence; sometimes it would be appropriate, but sometimes it would not.”
The Times, 10th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
R v Foster; R v Newman; R v Kempster; R v Birmingham [2007] EWCA Crim 2869
“Where the defendant admitted a lesser or different crime from that charged in the indictment it did not necessarily follow that the trial judge was obliged to leave the alternative verdict for a jury’s consideration; sometimes it would be appropriate, but sometimes it would not.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
R v Foster; R v Newman; R v Kempster; R v Birmingham [2007] EWCA Crim 2869
“Where the defendant admitted a lesser or different crime from that charged in the indictment it did not necessarily follow that the trial judge was obliged to leave the alternative verdict for a jury’s consideration; sometimes it would be appropriate, but sometimes it would not.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Ministers will outline plans this week to boost the rate of convictions in rape cases by countering myths that may sway juries in cases of sexual assault.”
The Times, 26th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The jury system has long been lauded as the soundest means of securing a just verdict. But why, wonders Robert Verkaik, Law Editor, hasn’t anyone bothered to check?”
The Independent, 21st November 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Appearance of bias with prosecutor on jury
Regina v Abdroikov; Regina v Green; Regina v Williamson
House of Lords
“In certain circumstances, the inclusion of serving police officers and prosecuting lawyers on a jury might give the appearance that the defendant was not tried by an impartial and independent tribunal and therefore convictions might have to be quashed.”
The Times, 8th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A jury today (31 October) retired to consider its verdict in the trial of the Metropolitan police over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Do people in the legal profession influence the juries on which they sit — and does having a police officer or lawyer make that jury less impartial?”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior judge has called for judges and the legal system to place more trust in the common sense of juries.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Trusting the Jury (PDF)
Speech by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
The Criminal Bar Association Kalisher Lecture, 23rd October 2007.
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
R v Abdroikov; R v Green; R v Williamson [2007] UKHL 37
“The principle that justice should not only be done but should be seen to be done and that a defendant had a right to be tried by an independent and impartial tribunal might in certain circumstances be violated when a serving police officer or a lawyer employed by a prosecuting authority was a member of a jury.”
WLR Daily, 17th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Law lords have overturned the rape conviction of a man in what his defence team are claiming could be a landmark judgement.”
BBC News, 17th October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The process of selecting the jury for the Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest got under way today as up to 200 potential jurors filed into the High Court.”
The Times, 27th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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