The Ministry of Justice was accused of deliberately undermining the independence of the miscarriage of justice watchdog and ‘clipping the wings’ of its commissioners in the High Court last week.

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Maxwell Confait, a male prostitute known as Michelle, was throttled and his body discovered in a burnt-out flat in Catford, South London in 1972. Three innocent boys were jailed for his murder after ...

Last month the legal charity APPEAL launched a groundbreaking report – Joint Enterprise on Trial. Dr Nisha Waller and Tehreem Sultan observed 17 murder and attempted murder trials at the Old Bailey — ...

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is ‘not a failing organisation’, according to the findings of an investigation by the HM Crown Prosecution Service inspectorate which called for ‘urgent’ ...

On 6 August 2023 the Secretary of State for Justice, Alex Chalk KC, announced that victims of miscarriages of justice would no longer have ‘saved living costs’ deducted from compensation payments made ...

MPs and peers are expected to hear from three men who spent a total of 77 years in prison, had their convictions overturned in the last two years and haven’t received a penny in compensation – despite ...

As deaths in custody spiral and coroners’ recommendations are ignored, a vicious cycle goes into tailspin. Rebecca Roberts, head of policy at INQUEST, on how preventable deaths and the response to ...

A parliamentary inquiry into the controversial law around joint enterprise is to begin work next month. The Westminster Commission for Joint Enterprise is to be launched at an event in the House of ...

A police super complaint has been launched over forces’ ‘systemic failures’ to police image-based sex crimes.

Leading experts have spoken to the Justice Gap about concerns over the safety of the conviction of Lucy Letby. Media restrictions pending a second trial of the former neonatal nurse prevented ...

An international panel of neonatologists and medical experts reviewing the deaths of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital has found no evidence of murder by the former nurse Lucy Letby – instead ...