The backlog of cases due to be tried in Criminal courts is no new phenomenon, but with the closing of physical courts due to COVID-19 adding to the pressure, there have been suggestions that changes should be made to jury trials, this has included scrapping them altogether for either way offences, in favour of a single judge and two magistrates, to more recently, reducing the number of people sitting on a jury from 12 to 7. In this episode of 7BR’s Part-Heard, Maryam Syed and Vittoria Trigilio discuss the work-ability of the proposals and, as the backlog continues to build, where do we go from here?
Maryam and Vittoria have also answered a few questions in addition to their podcast in order for you to get to know them better. View their Q&A’s here: Q&A with Maryam Syed and Q&A with Vittoria Trigilio.
As mentioned in the podcast, Maryam and Vittoria will be following on from this discussion by presenting a live webinar where they will discuss further updates, including the recent announcement of the the 10 Nightingale Courts, of which Maryam has provided a short update here.
We hope you enjoyed the second episode of 7BR’s Part Heard. If you have any feedback, questions or topic ideas for upcoming podcasts, please do not hesitate to contact our marketing team on marketing@7br.co.uk.
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