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The Criminal Bar Association exists to represent the views of the practising members of the Criminal Bar in England and Wales. RT's not an endorsement.
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The Criminal Bar Association’s survey of Criminal Barristers’ views of the Leveson Review of the Criminal Courts, a Government commissioned review. “In the seven days that the Survey was open 2029 criminal barristers responded. We are grateful to all of you who responded.” Mary
% Opposition to the Leveson Proposals:.(Crown Court Bench Division “CCBD”). CCBD cases to include sexual offences against children.91.9%. CCBD cases to include sexual offences against adults.90.8%. Creation of a CCBD to deal with either way offences with the starting point for
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One Bar .Bar None?. Read our chair Mary Prior KC discuss the impact of the Leveson Review, if enacted, on those at the Criminal Bar who would wish to continue in criminal practice. @lawsocgazette @legalhackette
Law Society Gazette. State of the Bar
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RT @Court_Stats: 📈Today, 7 August 2025, 110 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 21% of them.….
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RT @Court_Stats: 📈Today, 6 August 2025, 101 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 20% of them.….
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The last time so many cases were disposed of was in 2017. The number of receipts within the Crown Court for cases of rape continues to increase. There were 911 cases in the first quarter of 2025. There were 3,023 in 2024.
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Justice in Numbers. In 2024 the Criminal Bar, working with the Judiciary, Court Staff, Solicitors, the CPS and all agencies disposed of 113,885 cases in the Crown Court. A high level of cases (18,790) were committed for sentence to the Crown Court. Chair Mary Prior KC, Message
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RT @Court_Stats: 📈Today, 4 August 2025, 102 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 20% of them.….
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RT @Court_Stats: 📈Today, 1 August 2025, 112 out of the 516 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 22% of them.….
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Noel Philo, 90, stresses that the “absolute bedrock of the common law is that it is not professionals who make decisions, it is citizens and that is terribly important”. @thetimes @legalhackette #juries.
Noel Philo: ‘At 90, I’m not interested in retirement’. One of Britain’s oldest barristers has spoken out against proposals to reduce the right to jury trials, which have been controversially proposed to the government to cut the backlog of criminal cases
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Noel Philo: ‘At 90, I’m not interested in retirement’. One of Britain’s oldest barristers has spoken out against proposals to reduce the right to jury trials, which have been controversially proposed to the government to cut the backlog of criminal cases
thetimes.com
After five decades of criminal law practice, one of the country’s oldest barristers tells Catherine Baksi why he still loves his job
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RT @Joanna__Hardy: Criminal bar says 'no' to curbs on jury trials:.
lawgazette.co.uk
Criminal Bar Association survey reveals overwhelming opposition to more serious cases being heard by judge alone.
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“The CBA’s survey reveals widespread opposition to several proposals that would limit jury trials. Eight in 10 respondents said more Crown court sitting days should be the top priority to fix the justice system.”. @lawsocgazette.
lawgazette.co.uk
Criminal Bar Association survey reveals overwhelming opposition to more serious cases being heard by judge alone.
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RT @ChrisMoran_101: The day after @TheCriminalBar published the below results 17% of Crown Court rooms are not sitting. Yesterday it was 18….
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Reminder .The following percentages (%) are of those criminal barristers who responded in the POSITIVE , in other words SUPPORT the following proposals under Leveson. Proposal:. Removal of the automatic right to appeal against sentence from the Magistrates’ Court to the Crown.
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“More than 94 per cent supported the retention of jury trial for “either way” offences - crimes that can either be settled in the Crown Court or Magistrates Court, while almost 92 per cent opposed the scrapping of juries for trials involving allegations of sexual offences against
More than 90 per cent of barristers oppose controversial plan to axe jury trials
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The CBA’s poll, of more than 2000 members, found 88.5 per cent opposed the creation of the new juryless division of the Crown Court to deal with offences with sentences of up to three years in prison. @theLDNstandard @kirkkorner @standardnews .
uk.news.yahoo.com
Barristers were polled on Sir Brian Leveson’s proposals to scrap jury trials
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More than 90 per cent of barristers oppose controversial plan to axe jury trials
standard.co.uk
Barristers were polled on Sir Brian Leveson’s proposals to scrap jury trials
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RT @TheCriminalBar: % Opposition to the Leveson Proposals:.(Crown Court Bench Division “CCBD”). CCBD cases to include sexual offences again….
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