Leading Scots lawyers: England is wrecking justice by ruling to scrap trial by jury Donald Findlay says trial by jury chosen at random is 'the last real example of democracy at work'
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THE last bastion of English democracy has been destroyed by a landmark ruling to hold a serious criminal trial with no jury, a top Scottish lawyer has warned.
The controversial decision to hear a crown court case without jurors was branded" very, very dangerous" by Donald Findlay QC, who said the move threatened to topple public faith in the legal system.See the full content of this document
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Leading Scots lawyers: England is wrecking justice by ruling to scrap trial by jury Donald Findlay says trial by jury chosen at random is 'the last real example of democracy at work'
Four men accused of a multi-millionpound armed robbery at Heathrow Airport will now have their fate decided by a lone judge after the Court of Appeal ruled that the risk of jury tampering throug...
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