Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 96979

Juries

Tabled: 3 December 2025

Answered: 11 December 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the right to jury trial on the number of appeals and judicial review applications.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

Following reforms to the criminal courts, appellants will continue to have the right to appeal convictions and sentences received in both magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. Permission to appeal will be granted by the judiciary where the appeal has a...

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