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RLC members host Criminal Justice Podcast with The Secret Barrister

January 12, 2026

The latest episode of the Criminal Justice Matters podcast hosted by RLC members Kate Bex KC and Simon Spence KC has been picked up by The Times. In the latest episode, they discussed with The Secret Barrister the Lammy proposals to drastically reduce jury trial and that one easy fix which would rapidly reduce the backlog would be to sanction Serco when it fails to get prisoners to court on time, or at all. In a recent hearing at Inner London Crown Court, Serco brought the wrong Tom Jones to court. The barristers all broke out in unison; “it’s not unusual”.

Read The Times piece here
Listen to the podcast here