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Comment: Risk rises for disrupted jury trials as Covid-19 lockdown lengthens

By Annie Robertson
  • 15 Apr 2020 05:24
  • 15 Apr 2020 05:24
Ongoing jury trials in the UK that were postponed last month due to the coronavirus lockdown face an increasing risk of having to be abandoned if defendants argue that delays prejudice their right to a fair trial.      
Trials under way were paused on March 23 (see here), and new

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