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5 LAW LORD BACKS LEGAL SYSTEM REFORMS j
5 The Lord Chief Justice Lord Taylor j
5 has backed legal reforms while j
5 criticising one aspect of the j
5 "right to silence" legislation. j
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5 In the Sargant Memorial lecture he j
5 welcomed the move in general. j
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5 "I see nothing unfair in the jury j
5 being told that it is open to them j
5 to draw a proper inference from the j
5 defendant's silence," he stressed. j
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5 But he criticised the procedure of j
5 a judge calling a silent defendant j
5 to the stand as this could suggest j
5 the judge's authority was defied. j
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