New Clause 5
Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill
7:30 pm
Expert assessors
‘(1) The Lord Chief Justice shall appoint six assessors drawn from—
(a) the Royal Institute of Chartered Accountants,
(b) the Society of Actuaries, or
(c) other persons prescribed in regulations made by the Lord Chancellor
to determine, with the judge, the facts of fraud cases conducted without a jury under section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.’.—[Mr. Grieve.]