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Stephen Davies

@sdavieslaw

Criminal Defence Solicitor | London | Academic | Policy | Politics | I specialise in criminal law, procedure, legal aid, policy & access to justice.

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We should never ever be considering doing away with Jury trials in any situation. The right to be tried by one’s peers is a fundamental basic right. No government should ever contemplate doing it.

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Leveson has taken the opportunity to add his two pence worth regarding the LGFS. “…may have a long implementation timeline” That’s because the MOJ is completely incompetent when it comes to collecting the data they need to draft policy. They are stuck in limbo.

Leveson has taken the opportunity to add his two pence worth regarding the LGFS. 

“…may have a long implementation timeline”

That’s because the MOJ is completely incompetent when it comes to collecting the data they need to draft policy. 

They are stuck in limbo.
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I never thought I’d say this, but for once I agree with every single word of Jenrick. Leveson’s Criminal Court Review has some positives. For example I agree with the push for more Out of Court Disposals, but it is largely a fantasy. Spend money on opening all court rooms!

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1. Does this defendant need to be prosecuted? 2. Does this defendant need to be prosecuted now? A solution to the Crown Court backlog: substack.com/@counselofperf…

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I am pleased to contribute to APPG on Access to Justice’s Summer Bulletin regarding Leveson’s Review of Criminal Courts In R v Crawley, Sir Brian said abuse of process is a remedy of “last resort.” I say the same about restricting jury trials Open every court room! mailchi.mp/c9faa9020859/a…

I am pleased to contribute to <a href="/APPGJustice/">APPG on Access to Justice</a>’s Summer Bulletin regarding Leveson’s Review of Criminal Courts

In R v Crawley, Sir Brian said abuse of process is a remedy of “last resort.” I say the same about restricting jury trials

Open every court room! 
mailchi.mp/c9faa9020859/a…
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Leveson said that there’s no other choice other than to limit the cases that can be tried by jury & instead have a bench or judge alone. The most astonishing aspect of his review is that it would only yield 7-9k sitting days per year. The other solution? Open up the courts!