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David Lammy's plans to limit jury trials will do little to reduce the backlog in the justice system as the Institute of Government predicts that the measure will save only around 2% of time in Crown Courts.

Of course the *would* very slowly rescue the backlog but its hardly a 'silver bullet'.

Rather the key intervention would be investment to increase capacity & work to improve productivity, but that would take time & money...

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https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan/22/judge-only-trials-england-wales-crown-court-backlog-report