‘The justice system must “catch up with the modern world”, the Attorney General has said, as he signalled that contempt of court laws could change to cope with the social media age.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Jurors in rape trials will be told more about the previous sexual behaviour of male defendants in a bid to increase the chances of conviction.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Former entertainer Rolf Harris has been cleared of four sex assault charges after a jury could not reach verdicts.’
BBC News, 30th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It is a pleasure to have been asked to give this year’s Blackstone lecture. Lord Devlin at the outset of his Hamlyn Lectures in 1956 observed: that trial by jury was a subject on which it was not possible to ‘say anything very novel or very profound’. If not a subject suitable for original comment, why did I choose it?’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 22nd May 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A judge told a jury to “man up and reach a verdict” and then had to discharge them anyway.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Three men involved in a “cash for crash” scam which killed an 88-year-old woman in Leeds have been convicted.’
BBC News, 27th February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge used a rare legal power to dismiss a jury and take the case on himself after jurors said they were offered bribes outside the courtroom.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A jury has been sworn in for an inquest into the death of Olaseni Lewis, six and a half years after he died following prolonged restraint by 11 police officers at a psychiatric hospital in south London.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The upper age limit for jurors in England and Wales will be raised from 70 to 75, government ministers have announced.’
The Independent, 13th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Jurors hearing the retrial of the international footballer Ched Evans on a charge of rape have been warned not to carry out their own research on the case.’
The Guardian, 4th October 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘As a reader has been told he must serve as a juror for the fifth time. He’s happy to do so, but repeated summons anger others.’
The Guardian, 20th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The myths surrounding rape in our society are deep-rooted, persuasive and perpetuated daily in the media. As a result, many offenders are walking free.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two jurors found guilty of contempt of court were sentenced to suspended prison terms after a hearing in the Royal Courts of Justice today.’
Attorney General’s Office, 9th July 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘A juror who caused a criminal trial to collapse at a cost of £80,000 has been been given a nine-month suspended sentence for contempt of court.’
BBC News, 9th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge took the unusual step of ordering court staff to take to the streets and find extra jurors after they were left without enough to start a sex assault trial.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Virtual reality technology used in the gaming industry could be adapted to recreate crime scenes for juries, researchers have claimed.’
BBC News, 24th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The main aim of this Compendium is to provide guidance on directing the jury in Crown Court trials and when sentencing, though it contains some practical suggestions in other areas, for example jury management, which it is hoped will be helpful..’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 10th May 2016
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The families of the 96 people fatally injured at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final have been fighting for the truth for 27 years.’
The Guardian, 26th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A 27-year struggle for truth by the families of the 96 people killed at the Hillsborough football stadium has been vindicated after new inquests into the disaster determined that they had been unlawfully killed.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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