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5 days left to Save Our Juries5 days left to Save Our Juries! We’ve made a warning sign for the famous plaque in the Old Bailey celebrating the independence of juries.

23/7/26, 8:02 am8 reposts13 likes

Netpol

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23 July

"To prevent juries knowing about their independence, members of the Bar are strictly forbidden from talking about this plaque of its wording. Failure to comply may result in prosecution for contempt. JUDGE JOHNSON, 2026."

Netpol

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23 July

We are obliged to point out this is to make a point, and is not designed to be actually stuck on the plaque. That would be naughty. It is, as our friends at the Bar might say, "a hypothetical exercise".