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Petition to Preserve the Right to Trial by Jury in England

Submitted on Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Rejected on Friday 9th January 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Petition to Preserve the Right to Trial by Jury in England

Petition Details

Maintain the right to trial by jury in English courts and reject any proposals that restrict or remove its availability, ensuring this essential safeguard of fair and transparent justice remains in place.

Additional Information

Trial by jury is a long-standing safeguard that ensures fairness, public trust and democratic participation in the justice system. Limiting it concentrates power in the state and risks undermining confidence in legal decisions. Protecting jury trials preserves transparency and strengthens the rule of law.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751480

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