News and Thoughts #Courts and Tribunals Bill

Update from Criminal Bar Association regarding their position as the Jury Abolition Bill (Courts and Tribunals Bill) proceeds to the Lords for second reading on Tuesday 27th October. It contains a useful summary of what is still problematic about the Bill following the amendments made in the commons.

I am sick of people reducing our laws and customs to ‘a piece of paper’. These are principles. Principles will not enforce themselves, and neither can a handful of people restore them alone.

If the main mechanism by which your fellow citizens protect you from arbitrary legislation and punishment is removed, you’ve now entered the most dangerous phase yet of a development of tyranny.