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Recommendation 5
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If the right to elect is removed, the government must ensure that the allocation criteria...
Recommendation
If the right to elect is removed, the government must ensure that the allocation criteria applied by the magistrates’ court are sufficiently flexible to enable the court to consider whether the circumstances of a case warrant a Crown Court trial. (Recommendation, Paragraph 24)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 8 October 2026. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗