Fraud cases may be tried without juries

A NEW judicial system to bring white-collar criminals to book is under consideration by the Government's law officers in the wake of the failed Maxwell brothers prosecution. The Attorney-General, Sir Nicholas Lyell, said that ministers were "seriously examining" abolishing jury trial...

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Published inIndependent (London, England : 1986)
Main Author Paul Routledge, Graham Ball, Nick Cohen and Sophie Goodchild
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Independent Digital News & Media 21.01.1996
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Summary:A NEW judicial system to bring white-collar criminals to book is under consideration by the Government's law officers in the wake of the failed Maxwell brothers prosecution. The Attorney-General, Sir Nicholas Lyell, said that ministers were "seriously examining" abolishing jury trial in favour of a judge sitting with a panel of experts. In the Government's first public response to the acquittal of Kevin [Maxwell] and Ian Maxwell and financial adviser Larry Trachtenberg, Sir Nicholas ruled out scrapping the Serious Fraud Office, which unsuccessfully brought the case to court. "If it didn't exist, I am sure we would have to invent it," he said.
ISSN:0951-9467