Judge-only fraud trials in future under UK reforms

Defendants accused of serious and complex fraud will no longer be tried by a jury in England & Wales, under changes, announced on 2 December, designed to ease a massive backlog of cases in the criminal justice system.

Defendants accused of serious and complex fraud will no longer be tried by a jury in England & Wales, under changes, announced on 2 December [2025], designed to ease a massive backlog of cases in the criminal justice system. [1]