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UK court reforms pass key vote as justice minister laments system ‘close to breaking’

By Martin Coyle ( March 10, 2026, 19:24 GMT | Insight) -- A controversial plan to reform parts of the UK's justice system — including curtailing jury trials — will move to a next stage of parliamentary scrutiny after the government won a crunch vote on Tuesday. The reforms are “long overdue” and would help a court system “close to breaking point,” the justice minister told parliament ahead of the vote on the Courts and Tribunals Bill, which will see white-collar crime cases categorized among those heard without a jury.A controversial plan to reform parts of the UK's justice system — including curtailing jury trials — will move to a next stage of parliamentary scrutiny after the government won a crunch vote on Tuesday....

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