Is it a jump ahead of others holding unfair trials? (8,5)
I believe the answer is:
kangaroo court
'it a jump ahead of others holding unfair trials?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kangaroo court that I've seen before include "dodgy hearing" , "Hastily, illegally convened tribunal" , "Where the law is taken into irregular hands" , "Unofficial tribunal" , "Tribunal at which a fair hearing is impossible" .)