“The government today launched a consultation on raising the upper age limit for jury service in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th March 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Criminals are escaping justice because of a lack of organisation within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a judge said.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two out of three jurors do not fully understand the legal directions given to them by judges when they retire to consider their verdicts, according to a report for the Ministry of Justice.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Juries in England and Wales have been found to be fair, effective and efficient by the most in-depth study into the issue ever undertaken in this country, published today.”
Ministry of Justice, 17th February 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
R v Carter (David) [2010] WLR (D) 29
“Where a member of the jury had to be discharged, at whatever stage of the trial, there was no requirement that the remaining members of the jury be directed to ignore the views expressed on any subject by the departed juror.”
WLR Daily, 10th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Juries are a fundamental pillar of our justice system. But many believe that jurors are now routinely accessing and distributing so much prejudicial information online, that the very integrity of the system is in danger.”
The Guardian, 26th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers are facing demands to scrap an ‘unfair and discriminatory’ law that bans thousands from being jurors because they have suffered from mental ill-health.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first criminal trial without a jury to take place in England and Wales in more than 400 years begins on Tuesday after lawyers’ legal challenges were exhausted.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Foremost among the grounds of appeal being sketched out by lawyers representing the killers of Baby Peter will be the claim that prejudicial coverage on the internet denied their clients a fair trial.”
The Independent, 11th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Academics have set up an online ‘Honesty Lab’ to discover where people draw the line between bending the rules and outright dishonesty. The results will be used to help judges direct juries.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Twomey (John); Regina v Blake (Peter); Regina v Cameron (Glen); Regina v Hibberd (Barry)
Court of Appeal
“A defendant’s right to a fair trial was not prejudiced by holding a criminal trial without a jury, where the danger of jury tampering was very significant and was not sufficiently addressed by proposed protective measures.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source; www.timesonline.co.uk
R v T; R v B; R v C; R v H [2009] EWCA Crim 1035; [2009] WLR (D) 19
“A criminal trial without a jury did not contravene a defendant’s right to a fair trial where there was a real danger of jury tampering and proposed measures to prevent such interference did not sufficiently address the extent of the risk. On an application by the prosecution for a trial to be conducted without a jury in such circumstances the evidence should be disclosed to the fullest extent possible, but there would be cases where the evidence to demonstrate the risk of jury tampering would be so sensitive that it could only be addressed under public immunity interest principles and it would be contrary to the legislative purpose to make an order for disclosure which would, in effect, bring the prosecution to an end and enable those who had been involved in jury tampering to derail the trial.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 2009
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.
“A court official fixed the selection of jurors to allow her neighbours to sit on the panel and claim £8,000 in expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jury intimidation or ‘nobbling’ is not new; it has been going on for centuries. It was a series of attempts to intimidate jurors that led to the introduction of majority verdicts in the Criminal Justice Act 1967, so that there could be a conviction even if one or two jurors disagreed.”
The Times, 19th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has ruled that a criminal trial can take place in front of a judge without a jury for the first time in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 18th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Juries are to be instructed to ignore myths surrounding rape in an attempt to raise Britain’s low conviction rate for the crime. Under new directions to be given by judges in rape cases, jurors will be told not to assume the victim was ‘asking for it’ because of the way she dressed, her behaviour or her demeanour.”
The Times, 15th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Jack Straw has made a written ministerial statement concerning amendments to the Coroners and Justice Bill.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th May 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A jury foreman and the publishers of The Times were found guilty of contempt of court yesterday for reporting how the jurors in a manslaughter trial reached their verdict.”
The Times, 13th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A juror sitting on a sexual assault case went out during his lunch break and committed a sex crime himself, a court heard.”
The Independent, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Attorney-General began legal proceedings against The Times yesterday, alleging that the newspaper was in contempt of court for reporting how a jury had reached its verdict.”
The Times, 9th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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