{"id":"204377f6-6fc8-4cba-9d14-93502d5dda3b","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/oct/04/ministers-drop-radical-plans-cut-jury-trials-outcry-lawyers-centuries-old-right-courts","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true,"owner":"Guardian Media Group"},"title":"Ministers drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcry","plainHeadline":"Ministers scrap plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Ministers abandoned plans to reduce jury trials in England and Wales.","The change would have moved to more judge-alone trials in crown court.","Backlog stood around 81,000 cases, could reach 100,000 without changes.","Lammy's recommendations were part of a Leveson review to prevent collapse.","Officials cite quicker relief via efficiencies and targeted judge-only trials."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-03T23:01:11.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-03T23:19:04.015Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/0d272517-4749-4daf-8d69-0edddbde3078","storyId":"0d272517-4749-4daf-8d69-0edddbde3078","image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8a1c693df0cee06b134fe1adf7d9b7ca778f98e1/460_0_5002_4000/master/5002.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f6a17a7ffac91306e85771bada54f12d","author":"Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent","dek":"Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable"}