THERE is a long road ahead for sweeping reforms set for Scotland’s legal system and some of the changes are likely to be hotly contested and…
THERE is a long road ahead for sweeping reforms set for Scotland’s legal system and some of the changes are likely to be hotly contested and resisted.committee began its scrutiny of the wide-ranging and lengthy legislation, the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill, earlier this week.
But it also contains plans for a Victims Commissioner, embedding trauma-informed practices into the judicial system, reducing the jury size from 15 to 12, and requiring a two-thirds majority for any convictions.It’s understood that the committee’s first stage of scrutiny could take up to five months, with the evidence sessions split into three stages, so that MSPs can delve into the details of various parts of the legislation.
What is clear is that there will be opposition from within the legal sector. There has already been vocal outrage at the possibility of a juryless rape trial, with solicitors threatening a boycott of the plans if they are given the go-ahead by MSPs.
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