Articles by Editor,Martin Beckford

Politics

Chambers founded by Sir Keir says PM's plan to axe majority of jury trials is 'wrong in principle'

The Prime Minister is facing embarrassment over plans to scrap the majority of jury trials after it was attacked by the barristers’ chambers he helped found. Doughty Street Chambers, where Keir Starmer worked for more than 15 years, said the proposal to let judges decide all but the most serious...