Flip News — jury-trial-reform news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/jury-trial-reform/ The latest Flip News stories on jury-trial-reform. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:36:48 GMT Court backlogs will still fall despite jury-trial U-turn, Justice Secretary says https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/norris-courts-backlog-jury-trial-u-turn/ https://flipnews.co.uk/uk/norris-courts-backlog-jury-trial-u-turn/ Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Justice Secretary Alex Norris scrapped the plan for judge-only Crown Court trials and told the BBC court backlogs will still fall in this Parliament, though he would not say by how much. James Calloway jury-trial-reform justice-system Press Association