Donald Findlay QC, one of Scotland’s top criminal lawyers, has warned that the impartiality of the jury system is at risk due to jurors using internet search engines and has warned that the Government cannot continue with its “ostrich-like” attitude to the problem.
Writing in Scottish Legal News, the daily information service for Scotland’s lawyers, Mr Findlay called for tighter rules to warn jurors about using the internet to research cases they are sitting in.
Mr Findlay, who has acted in some of Scotland’s most high-profile cases, says that the Scottish Government needs to upgrade its legislation to stop “Googling jurors”.
Source: stv
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