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The proposal to allow some criminal trials to be heard by a judge alone, without a jury, will be removed; the government says jury trials will continue for more serious cases. A separate proposal to allow technical and lengthy fraud and financial trials before a judge alone remains.","The Ministry of Justice said wider criminal-court changes would be accelerated, with a focus on reducing the pending caseload. It said about 81,000 cases were waiting in the Crown Court, nearly one-third for at least a year. The Bill is due back in the House of Commons on 13 October, and the government plans to publish its full response to the Leveson review in the coming weeks."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-07T00:56:16+03:00","language":"en","text":"German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article."}],"country":"GB","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"قال وزير العدل إن الخطة لعقد بعض المحاكمات الجنائية أمام قاضٍ منفرد ستُحذف من مشروع القانون، مع تسريع إصلاحات أوسع للمحاكم.","de":"Der Justizminister erklärte, die Pläne für einige Strafprozesse allein vor einem Richter würden aus dem Gesetzentwurf gestrichen und umfassendere Änderungen an den Gerichten beschleunigt.","en":"The Justice Secretary said plans for some criminal trials before a judge alone would be removed from the Bill and wider court changes accelerated.","es":"El ministro de Justicia anunció que se retirará el plan de algunos juicios penales ante un solo juez y se acelerarán otras reformas judiciales.","fr":"Le ministre de la Justice a annoncé le retrait du projet prévoyant certains procès pénaux devant un juge seul et l’accélération d’autres réformes des tribunaux.","pt":"O secretário de Justiça afirmou que os planos para certos julgamentos criminais apenas perante um juiz serão retirados do projeto de lei e que mudanças mais amplas nos tribunais serão aceleradas.","tr":"Adalet Bakanı, bazı ceza davalarının yalnızca hâkim önünde görülmesini öngören planın tasarıdan çıkarılacağını ve daha geniş mahkeme değişikliklerinin hızlandırılacağını söyledi."},"id":"official-policy-action","items":[{"date":"2026-10-04","description":{"ar":"قال وزير العدل إن الخطة لعقد بعض المحاكمات الجنائية أمام قاضٍ منفرد ستُحذف من مشروع القانون، مع تسريع إصلاحات أوسع للمحاكم.","de":"Der Justizminister erklärte, die Pläne für einige Strafprozesse allein vor einem Richter würden aus dem Gesetzentwurf gestrichen und umfassendere Änderungen an den Gerichten beschleunigt.","en":"The Justice Secretary said plans for some criminal trials before a judge alone would be removed from the Bill and wider court changes accelerated.","es":"El ministro de Justicia anunció que se retirará el plan de algunos juicios penales ante un solo juez y se acelerarán otras reformas judiciales.","fr":"Le ministre de la Justice a annoncé le retrait du projet prévoyant certains procès pénaux devant un juge seul et l’accélération d’autres réformes des tribunaux.","pt":"O secretário de Justiça afirmou que os planos para certos julgamentos criminais apenas perante um juiz serão retirados do projeto de lei e que mudanças mais amplas nos tribunais serão aceleradas.","tr":"Adalet Bakanı, bazı ceza davalarının yalnızca hâkim önünde görülmesini öngören planın tasarıdan çıkarılacağını ve daha geniş mahkeme değişikliklerinin hızlandırılacağını söyledi."},"label":{"ar":"بريطانيا تسحب مقترح محاكمة بعض القضايا الجنائية دون هيئة محلفين","de":"Rücknahme des Vorschlags für bestimmte Strafverfahren ohne Jury","en":"UK withdraws proposal for some judge-only criminal trials","es":"Reino Unido retirará la propuesta de algunos juicios penales sin jurado","fr":"Le Royaume-Uni retire la proposition de certains procès pénaux sans jury","pt":"Retirada da proposta de julgamentos criminais sem júri em alguns casos","tr":"Birleşik Krallık bazı ceza davaları için jürisiz yargılama önerisini geri çekiyor"},"status":"occurred"}],"methodology":{"ar":"أُخذ تعديل مشروع القانون وتراكم القضايا والجدول البرلماني من بيان وزارة العدل المؤرخ 4 أكتوبر 2026.","de":"Die Änderungen am Gesetzentwurf, der Rückstand anhängiger Fälle und der parlamentarische Zeitplan stammen aus der Mitteilung des Justizministeriums vom 4. 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