Britain's justice minister on Tuesday unveiled a "once in a generation" package of reforms to tackle an "emergency" in the ...

The British government has announced changes to the right to trial by jury to address a backlog in the justice system ...

Britain will limit the right of some criminal defendants to a trial by jury — a cornerstone of British justice dating to Magna Carta in 1215 — in a bid to clear dangerously clogged court dockets, ...

The British justice secretary, David Lammy, announced the contentious move on Tuesday as part of an attempt to tackle a ...

UK plans to scrap jury trials for ‘mid-range’ offences – crimes such as theft, burglary, fraud and assault. Here’s why ...

Right to trial by jury seen as a touchstone of the British justice system, but severe court backlogs may prompt change.

The UK government on Tuesday tabled a new set of judicial reforms in Parliament that will scrap jury trials for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years to fast-track the process ...

Restricting jury trials might appear to offer a fast route to clearing backlogs, but the data suggests that delays stem from ...

Britain's government is set to propose a criminal justice system overhaul next week aimed at cutting a backlog of nearly 80,000 cases that has left thousands waiting years for justice.

LONDON (Reuters) - The editor of WikiLeaks denounced the British judicial system as crooked on Wednesday, days before a crucial court hearing which could end the legal battle by the organisation's ...