Juries and civil cases against the police - YOUR RIGHT to have a Jury and why!
It is a little-known fact that some actions against the police compensation claims (specifically cases involving claims for false imprisonment and/or malicious prosecution) can be decided by a jury.
The right to trial by jury in such cases was preserved for such claims against the police after it was abolished for most other civil actions in 1933.
Putting such a case before a Jury does not, however, come without complications.
Judicial guidance in police claims
By s.69 of the Supreme Courts Act 1981, a party wishing to claim the right to have their case heard before a jury has to apply for it within 28 days of the service of the Defence.
Should either party fail to make such an application, the case must be tried by a Judge alone unless the Court in its discretion orders trial by jury. As May LJ noted in Times Newspapers Ltd v Armstrong (2006),
‘the discretion is now rarely exercised, reflecting contemporary practice. Contemporary practice has an eye, among other things, to proportionality; the greater predictability of the decision of a professional Judge; and the fact that a Judge gives decisions.’
Reasons to keep jury trials in police abuse claims
Given ‘contemporary practice’, why then encourage (as I routinely do) a victim of police abuse to elect jury trial?
Because an individual’s belief in the rule of law is shaken when they are a victim of wrongdoing by the police.
The police are agents of the state. The courts can be considered the same way, and I often hear scepticism of judicial independence and the need to avoid the ‘involuntary bias towards those of their own rank and dignity’ (Frank Cook v Telegraph Media Group Ltd (2011)).
Some might query whether my faith and confidence in jury trials in cases involving police abuse has been knocked.
https://iaingould.co.uk/2022/09/02/the-power-of-a-jury/
https://iaingould.co.uk/2013/06/13/why-have-jury-trials-in-actions-against-the-police/
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