The miscarriage of justice watchdog is to revisit more than 1,200 previously closed murder and rape cases following an internal review. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) announced in April ...

The Home Secretary has announced plans for new ‘Respect Orders’ to handle anti-social behaviour, with offenders facing up to two years in prison. These new powers include the ability to ban ‘hooligans ...

On Friday, the Ministry of Justice announced the first civil legal aid fee rise since 1996, for immigration and housing work. This development follows judicial review proceedings launched by Duncan ...

Prisoners are being forced to live in ‘appalling and sometimes inhumane’ conditions according to a new investigation into the ‘crumbling’ prison estate. It has found that conditions in prisons across ...

Nisha Waller and Tehreem Sultan 22 Nov Miscarriages of Justice ...

Last week, defendants in custody could not attend Isleworth Crown Court because the court’s cells were ‘too cold’. Issues with heating resulted in freezing conditions in the cells at Isleworth on two ...

Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

Cardiff Law School Innocence Project 11 Oct Long Read, Miscarriages of Justice ...

A Westminster inquiry into the controversial law around joint enterprise was launched in the House of Commons on Tuesday night at an event highlighting the impact on the families and friends of those ...

The ongoing inquiry into events at the Countess of Chester hospital in the wake of the conviction of Lucy Letby has heard from a doctor who believes that the nurse may have harmed babies before June ...

Two Metropolitan Police Officers could face criminal charges after a crash with an unmarked police car caused the death of a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. The woman, aged 38, whose name has not ...

The Home Office has been criticised for ‘cutting corners’ in its decision to purchase a £15m migrant camp in East Sussex, despite being warned that it’s deemed to be ‘high risk’. The government ...