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max-[767px]:!text-[1.25rem]"><p>Jury trials no longer to decide the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth</p></h2><p class="font-light">10th December 2025</p></a></li><li class="flex-shrink-0 flex-grow-0 w-[300px] min-[400px]:w-[400px] flex flex-col gap-[10px] "><a href="/insights/news/the-impact-of-criminal-court-reforms-on-defendants-in-the-criminal-courts"><div class="aspect-square relative w-full"><img alt="The impact of criminal court reforms on defendants in the criminal courts" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fapi%2Fmedia%2Ffile%2FScreenshot%25202025-12-09%2520at%252016.56.41.png&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fapi%2Fmedia%2Ffile%2FScreenshot%25202025-12-09%2520at%252016.56.41.png&amp;w=750&amp;q=75 750w, 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src="/_next/image?url=%2Fapi%2Fmedia%2Ffile%2FBreach_of_Tenancy_Injunctions.png&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75"/><p class="text-white px-[13.5px] flex flex-row gap-[13px] py-[15px] bg-[#D41367] text-lg absolute bottom-0 right-0"><img alt="icon" loading="lazy" width="17" height="17" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fnews.svg&amp;w=32&amp;q=75 1x, /_next/image?url=%2Fnews.svg&amp;w=48&amp;q=75 2x" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fnews.svg&amp;w=48&amp;q=75"/></p></div><h2 class="text-[1.8rem] line-clamp-2 max-[400px]:!text-[1rem] max-[767px]:!text-[1.25rem]"><p>Breach of Tenancy Injunctions</p></h2><p class="font-light">28th November 2025</p></a></li><li class="flex-shrink-0 flex-grow-0 w-[300px] min-[400px]:w-[400px] flex flex-col gap-[10px] "><a href="/insights/news/why-directors-must-respond-promptly-to-letters-of-claim-ahead-of-the-uk-budget"><div class="aspect-square relative w-full"><img alt="Why Directors Must Respond Promptly to Letters of Claim 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We need to consider Crown Court sitting days. Actually, there has been an increase in Crown Court sitting days by 29% from 2019 to 2024. However, the disposal rate was only 17% higher through this period. 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It is Government, through its instrument of state prosecution, that drives up case complexity by the way in which cases are being prosecuted. Defendants don’t decide how they should be prosecuted. 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Perhaps some spending on the CJ System would actually improve matters, on the Crown Court estate and equipment, on a realistic Court listing system and on a properly manged and run prosecution service. 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We need to consider Crown Court sitting days. Actually, there has been an increase in Crown Court sitting days by 29% from 2019 to 2024. However, the disposal rate was only 17% higher through this period. 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It is Government, through its instrument of state prosecution, that drives up case complexity by the way in which cases are being prosecuted. Defendants don’t decide how they should be prosecuted. 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National Audit Office reports identify key reasons for ineffective trials. So, in 2023 this shows:\",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"version\":1,\"textFormat\":0,\"textStyle\":\"\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\"·       Prosecution not ready (for various reasons) causing 41 % of ineffective trials\",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"version\":1,\"textFormat\":0,\"textStyle\":\"\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\"·       Court administration (for a variety of reasons) causing 26% of ineffective trials\",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"version\":1,\"textFormat\":0,\"textStyle\":\"\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\"Whilst there will always be good reasons why trials can not proceed is it really acceptable that 67% of ineffective trails are caused by the prosecution and the court administration. Against such a backdrop is it acceptable to take away the defendants right to Jury trial? \",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"version\":1,\"textFormat\":0,\"textStyle\":\"\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\"It is actually quite discouraging to read of these reasons in such reports, for example “prosecution not ready”, “prosecution witness absent”, “over listing” by Court listing, “equipment and accommodation failure”. We can add to these percentages, interpreters not available 1%, defendant absent 21% (undoubtedly a large proportion caused by defendants not being produced from custody and defendants unfit to stand trial, no doubt through mental health difficulty and the simple fact that defendants like all of us get sick).\",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"version\":1,\"textFormat\":0,\"textStyle\":\"\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\" \",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":null,\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"version\":1,\"textFormat\":0,\"textStyle\":\"\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\"Investing in the Criminal Justice System: The Whipping Boy of Spending Cuts.\",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"heading\",\"version\":1,\"tag\":\"h2\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\"With so many years of cost cutting to the Criminal Justice System it must be understood that there is a price to pay one of which is an increased Crown Court backlog. Perhaps some spending on the CJ System would actually improve matters, on the Crown Court estate and equipment, on a realistic Court listing system and on a properly manged and run prosecution service. 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The allegation, the offence, the charge fails currently if not prosecuted within 365 days in Scotland. 6 months was a more sensible time limit, only altered by covid impact and no doubt in due course such will be returned to.\",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"version\":1,\"textFormat\":0,\"textStyle\":\"\"},{\"children\":[],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"version\":1,\"textFormat\":0,\"textStyle\":\"\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\"Conclusion: The Cause lies elsewhere and not with Defendants exercising their Legal Right to Jury Trial.\",\"type\":\"text\",\"version\":1}],\"direction\":\"ltr\",\"format\":\"\",\"indent\":0,\"type\":\"heading\",\"version\":1,\"tag\":\"h2\"},{\"children\":[{\"detail\":0,\"format\":0,\"mode\":\"normal\",\"style\":\"\",\"text\":\"So, if the government sensibly want to have a quick fix at no extra cost it should bring in an investigation time limit. 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img[alt] {
	margin-left:0!important
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/* .rssw.rssw--right {
	display: none !important;
} */

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	display: none !important;
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@media(max-width:500px) {
	.hideConveyancingOnMob {
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.breadcrumb {
	display:none!important;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
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@font-face {font-family: 'entypo-fontello'; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-display: auto;
src: url('/wp-content/themes/agent/config-templatebuilder/avia-template-builder/assets/fonts/entypo-fontello.woff2') format('woff2'),
url('/wp-content/themes/agent/config-templatebuilder/avia-template-builder/assets/fonts/entypo-fontello.woff') format('woff'),
url('/wp-content/themes/agent/config-templatebuilder/avia-template-builder/assets/fonts/entypo-fontello.ttf') format('truetype'), 
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