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Monday, June 14, 2004 |
New rules mean judges and police officers can be called for jury service. Critics fear the move could put justice at risk.
Independent
8:57:10 AM 
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Tuesday, June 8, 2004 |
A QC was discharged from a murder jury yesterday after a judge said his presence might be prejudicial to the defendant, raising fears the judiciary could scupper new legislation allowing judges and lawyers to sit on juries.
The senior barrister's knowledge of court procedure, Judge George Bathurst-Norman said, would allow him to understand legal matters that other jurors might miss.
Guardian
8:13:25 AM
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Monday, June 7, 2004 |
The lord chancellor has announced details of the new combined courts service.
Speaking on Friday in Carlisle, Lord Falconer said Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) will be launched next April. It will bring all courts in England and Wales under a single administrative body.
The transition to the new structure is expected to cost the government £45 million over three years.
ePolitix
8:43:41 AM
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Friday, June 4, 2004 |
One of the country's senior judges has been summoned to sit as a juror in a criminal trial as part of a government initiative designed to make the middle classes play a greater role in the justice system.
Lord Justice Dyson, of the Court of Appeal, is the first High Court judge and possibly the first member of the judiciary to be called to jury service. He will lead the way for thousands of other members of the legal profession, the clergy, the police and armed forces, who are all now eligible to sit as jurors.
Independent
9:21:34 AM
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Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
The title of Queen's Counsel has won a temporary reprieve under plans to be unveiled today for radical reform of the 400-year-old system for marking out an elite cadre of advocates who are entitled to charge higher fees.
Guardian
8:14:51 AM
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Wednesday, May 19, 2004 |
Racists escape with lenient sentences because prosecutors downgrade charges before cases get to court, an independent watchdog reports today.
In the report from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Inspectorate, they found one fifth of race charges were wrongly reduced so they did not properly reflect the racist element of the crime. They also identified an inconsistency among CPS lawyers, with some more willing to pursue racial crime than others.
Independent
8:10:28 AM
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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 |
A leading law lord has said Government plans to create a supreme court in place of the House of Lords would leave the judges open to political interference.
Telegraph
8:35:18 AM
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© Copyright 2004 Nick Page.
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