Remote jury trials in times of COVID-19

On March 23, 2020, jury trials in England and Wales were suspended in response to COVID-19. This was done to protect public safety as social distancing measures were difficult to implement in courtrooms. Since then, several proposals, such as remote trials, have been put forward to address how jury trials might continue, and how to tackle the backlog of crown court cases which currently stands at over 40,500. Jury trials are used in the most serious criminal cases and are generally seen as fair, representative, and an essential part of the UK criminal justice system, which works on the presumption…

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