Juries Flashcards
LAW: Jurors prohibited from independent research
S71 Criminal justice and courts act 2015
LAW: jurors can’t be dismissed if there is suspicion of jury tampering
S44 criminal justice act 2003
LAW: what does the juries act 1974 tell us about jurors
- electoral register 18-75
- jury has to make tough decisions
- jury has to be independent
LAW: judge alone trials for complex cases such as fraud
S43 criminal justice act 2003
LAW: Right to jury for cases like malicious prosecution, defamation
Section 69 Supreme Courts Act 1981
LAW: that removed juries from defamation cases
Defamation act 2013
LAW: Juries used for death in custody, death by police, poisoning/disease
Coroners and justice act 2009
LAW: Raised upper age limit for juries to 75
Criminal justice and courts act 2015
LAW: Have to get a unanimous verdict 10-2, 11-1
Juries Act 1974
CASE: judge alone trial for jury tampering
R v twomey 2009
CASE: judge determined damages as jury gave too much
Sutcliffe v pressdram 1991
CASE: jury determined police were liable
Hillsborough 1989
CASE: jury cannot be punished for a verdict
Bushells case 1670
CASE: judges cannot direct juries to deliver guilty verdicts
R v wang 2005
CASE: addressed the handling of potential racial bias in cases
gregory v UK 1997
CASE: rejected the commission for racial equality’s bid to get at least 3 persons of ethnic minority on the jury
r v ford 1989
CASE: anything less than a hung jury dismissed
r v cilliers 2017
CASE(s): jury decides verdict based on their own ideas of morality
r v owen 1992 + r v ponting 1985
CASE: jury used ouija board
r v young 1995
CASE: despite overwhelming evidence against the defendant the jury acquitted him
r v ponting 1985 + r v owen 1992
what did lord denning say about jury service?
“Called it a lesson in leadership”
what is the name of the Bureau that selects juries from electoral registers
Jury Central Summoning Bureau (JCSB)
