LSE submission on right to jury trials cited in House of Commons committee
Monday 20 April 2026
Dr Federico Picinali (LSE Law) and Dr Lewis Ross (Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method) recently submitted a paper to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee, concerning the Courts and Tribunals Bill 2024/26 and the question of restricting the right to trial by jury. The paper was cited by Dr Kieran Mullan MP during the parliamentary discussion. He highlighted points made by Picinali and Ross about the lack of evidence on this subject:
“Given the range of reforms suggested by the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, their complex interrelation, and the lack of rigorous modelling by independent research groups, we are not confident that the evidential basis for curtailing jury trial has been established.”