• That's what the Law Society and the Bar Council think of part two of Ken Clarke's justice bill.
• They write that the proposals "undermine the principle that public justice should be dispensed in public and will weaken fair trial guarantees and the principle of equality of arms."
• Opponents fear the powers will enable ministers, rather than judges, to manipulate the way evidence is withheld or presented, depriving litigants of a fair trial.
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