Petition
Ensure the right to a trial by jury by your peers continues
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
Debate why trials need to be undertaken with only a Judge and not with a jury of your peers.
Many cases where the public have viewed the decisions made by Judges to be neither consistent or balanced raise genuine concerns regarding impartiality when applying the law
Many cases where the public have viewed the decisions made by Judges to be neither consistent or balanced raise genuine concerns regarding impartiality when applying the law
Justice has been served by trial by Jury for almost a thousand years & must continue
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
Timeline
| 25 Nov 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 31 Dec 2025 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
31 Dec 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 13 Aug 2026.