The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett, has announced that no new jury trials will be held in England and Wales and any ongoing ones will be paused as the coronavirus crisis continues.

In a statement on Monday, Burnett, said that arrangements were being made to conduct as many regular hearings remotely as possible using phones, video and other technology though jury trials cannot be conducted remotely.  

“A review of the arrangements in our courts is called for. I have decided that we need to pause jury trials for a short time to enable appropriate precautions to be put in place,” Burnett said.

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Source: RT