Sir Brian Leveson, who conducted the independent review of the courts system that guided the government's decision to reduce on jury trials, has suggested there is no alternative.

Speaking to Sky's Politics Hub programme, the retired judge argued that by restricting jury trials , Justice Secretary David Lammy is "aiming to try to solve the systemic problems" in courts.

He told Sky presenter Ali Fortescue : "I am a great believer in trial by jury, but trials with a jury take very much longer than trials conducted otherwise than with 12 people who are utterly unused to criminal procedure and criminal evidence.

"So my concern is that we need to get through cases quicker."

He said that it was likely a "20% time saving would result" from the move, although he thinks that "a grea

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