Watch our Chair @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social explain to MPs why the government needs to focus on what's really causing delays in rape and sexual offence cases. The Bar knows operationally what works - and what doesn't - because barristers are in court every day.
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Today Bar leaders will be giving evidence on the Courts and Tribunals Bill to the Public Bill Committee in Parliament from 2pm.
Watch live via parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/04abf820-565...
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Over 30 VAWG organisations call for rethink to cut jury trials.
Read our joint letter here:
www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, has said that judge-only hearings could threaten the security of judges.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lammy-...
"Recently, there have been delays because the cells have been too cold for defendants or Serco staff to use. Defendants are routinely delivered late by Serco, and there are no contractual penalties. That is pushing cases back repeatedly.”
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We heard in the debate on juries this week that MPs really value visiting their local Crown Courts to hear directly from barristers about what’s happening in the criminal justice system.
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Tonight, I voted to defend our jury system.
Jury trials are a fundamental right and undermining them threatens the foundations of our democracy.
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This letter and its more than 3,000 signatories demonstrate the unequivocal principled and practical opposition to the restriction of jury trials from not only the Bar, but the legal profession as a whole...
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A pink background features the logos of The Bar Council and The Criminal Bar Association. The text reads: "JUSTICE NEEDS JURIES" and "Last chance to sign our open letter to the Prime Minister."
⏰ Help us send a strong message to the government to ask them to rethink the approach to juries.
Sign your name by 9am tomorrow, Mon 2nd March ➡️ https://bit.ly/4kMn9DX
Thank you for your support.
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Legal professionals - you still have time to sign our open letter to the Prime Minister on jury reforms. We’re planning to send the letter to the PM soon - you have until Sunday 1 March to add your signature.
Sign your name now: www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-campai...
Thank you. #JusticeNeedsJuries
An ornate court building with large columns and an emblem on top is shown. A Bar Council logo is at the top left. A text banner reads, "Bar Council welcomes courts sitting at maximum capacity but warns against reducing jury trials."
A quote attributed to Kirsty Brimelow KC, Chair of the Bar Council, on a pink background. The text reads: We have long called for the limit on the number of days that courts can sit to be removed and are encouraged that this is being implemented... We fully support and share the government’s aim of bringing down the 80,000 backlog in the criminal courts and tackling the chronic delays. However, we continue to oppose the government’s proposed restriction of jury trials. It will drain precious resources away from the needed reforms that can be implemented now and place additional pressure on a stretched and stressed workforce.
We're encouraged that the government has announced investment in the criminal courts that will allow courts to run at maximum capacity next year.
However we continue to oppose the government’s proposed restriction of jury trials because #JusticeNeedsJuries
Read our statement: https://bit.ly/4rB2wNT
Calling all legal professionals to sign the letter to the Prime Minister.⬇️
In opposition to reducing jury trials.
In support of reducing delays and lifting the criminal justice system out of crisis.
#justiceneedsjuries
Barristers, solicitors, retired judges, and other legal professionals - add your name to our open letter to the Prime Minister to oppose the government's plan to restrict jury trials.
Sign your name ➡️ bit.ly/4kMn9DX
#JusticeNeedsJuries
A large group of barristers in wigs and gowns holding pink signs saying JUSTICE NEEDS JURIES standing outside the Houses of Parliament. It is taken in the evening and the lights of the windows of Parliament are in the background.
Kirsty Brimelow KC holding a JUSTICE NEEDS JURIES sign with two MPs in front of a Bar Council banner
Chair KBKC highlights our parliamentary events - inc 90 barristers meeting MPs and Peers in Westminster this week to raise concerns about the criminal justice system and proposals to reduce jury trials. Huge thanks to everyone who took part. #BarCouncil #JusticeNeedsJuries
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@thecriminalbar.bsky.social is clear: “there is no evidence that this major constitutional reform would solve the crisis.”
Tackle the real causes of the backlog and do not introduce counter-productive reforms. We must protect jury trials.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Visited Liverpool Crown Court as part of a Court Constituency Day with @thebarcouncil.bsky.social.
Message was clear: scrapping jury trials won’t fix delays. Liverpool’s low backlog & strong workplace culture show what’s possible & what should be replicated nationally.
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Please write to your MP and ask them to attend our lobby day in Westminster on Tuesday 3 February to discuss the issues and concerns around the government’s proposal to restrict the right to jury trial.
Find your MP: https://bit.ly/4qL44UW
Thank you for your support
#JusticeNeedsJuries
Pleased to have joined The Criminal Bar Association in Parliament this week on their #JusticeNeedsJuries campaign alongside my colleague Karl Turner MP
We need to take action to end delays in the criminal justice system but removing the right to a trial by jury is not the way to do it.
🔊Listen: our incoming Chair @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio 4 Today to explain why we oppose the Government's plans to curtail jury trials. #justiceneedsjuries
Listen to the whole interview here (scroll to 53:26): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Justice needs juries.
Write to your MP to oppose the restriction of jury trials.
Download the template ➡️ https://bit.ly/4pnfz4o
#JusticeNeedsJuries #WriteToYourMP
