Maintain our constitutional right to trial by jury
Overturn the government's publicly stated intention to remove the right to trial by jury in all but the most serious cases and instead have government employed judges decide. We must maintain our constitutional right to trial by jury.
Signatures
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signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 7/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 7/100,000
- 19 JAN 2026Petition rejectedduplicate
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action: Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751480
- 27 NOV 2025Petition created
Background
Impartiality cannot be guaranteed unless a public jury decides the outcome. It is of no benefit to the British public to have this constitutional right taken away.