Trial by jury to restart next week

Radical changes have been made to jury operations in Scotland’s courts to enable High Court trials to restart amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Jury members will be balloted remotely and in some cases view the trials they are deliberating on via videolink to comply with Covid-19 guidance including on social distancing.

High Court trials will restart on Monday in Edinburgh and the following day in Glasgow, having been paused during the Covid-19 outbreak.