July 10, 2025
Sailesh Mehta was invited onto the Tom Swarbrick show on LBC Radio to discuss ‘The Leveson Review’which recommends several proposed reforms aimed at easing pressure on the criminal justice system by handling low-level offences more efficiently and taking away the right to trial by jury for some complex fraud offences and some sex offences.
He was asked for his opinion on the proposal to divert more minor offenders—like shoplifters and low-level drug users—away from traditional trials toward faster, non-custodial outcomes to alleviate a backlog of nearly 77,000 Crown Court cases.
Listen from 01:37:06: [Global Player]
Barristers
Sailesh Mehta
Call: 1986