Rejected petition Ensure the right to a trial by jury by your peers continues

Debate why trials need to be undertaken with only a Judge and not with a jury of your peers.

Many cases where the public have viewed the decisions made by Judges to be neither consistent or balanced raise genuine concerns regarding impartiality when applying the law

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Justice has been served by trial by Jury for almost a thousand years & must continue

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Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751480

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Date submitted 25 November 2025
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