‘Expression, atmosphere and manner’ cannot be assessed via video link, warn experts in response to crime bill
Criminal lawyers and a former supreme court justice have raised concerns over plans for juries to hear cases remotely, after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) suggested it could help keep backed up courts running through the pandemic.
The proposal, a part of the government’s wide-ranging and contentious police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, would modify and make permanent the temporary provisions included in the Coronavirus Act that extended the use of video links in courts.
