USE OF JURIES
Warning To N.Z. <N Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 6. New Zealand should not “slavishly follow” the trend in England where there had been a decline of use of juries in civil cases unless there was a real necessity for the change, Mr D. S. Beattie. Q.C., told the District 292 Rotary conference. He said it had been common to order trial by jury in England before the Second World War, but now it was rare. It was as well to recognise that the virtual end of jury trial in civil cases there had greatly changed the methods of trial, of advocacy, the importance attached to the rules of evidence and, above all. it had greatly enhanced the role and function of the judge. But the time taken for the trial of cases before the single judge had increased and was still increasing. It was difficult to discover what the causes were for this.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31003, 8 March 1966, Page 12
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157USE OF JURIES Press, Volume CV, Issue 31003, 8 March 1966, Page 12
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