Napo, the trade union representing probation workers, warned in the motion that excessive workloads, understaffing, and ...

A senior judge has warned of the dangers of the use of artificial intelligence in the legal system as she says justice is ...

South Wales Police have announced that they will review forensic evidence in the case of a Cardiff shopkeeper who was murdered in 1987. Three men were wrongly convicted for the crime, Michael O’Brien, ...

The miscarriages of justice watchdog has referred the sentences of two men who remain in prison nearly 20 years after the expiry of of their minimum terms – 18 months and two years respectively. Both ...

A new campaign aims to raise the age of criminal responsibility in the UK, where it is currently the lowest in Europe. Children as young as 10 can currently be arrested and charged with crimes, a ...

A leading human rights barrister is again facing possible contempt proceedings over claims that he referred jurors to their power to acquit according to conscience. On 22nd June, Mr Justice Johnson ...

A woman serving a life sentence for murdering her abusive partner is due to have her case heard at the Court of Appeal tomorrow. Lisa Ellwood was convicted of stabbing Ryan Ellwood in 2024. She was ...

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...

Working daily on possible miscarriages of justice cases, we naturally assume that everyone knows what this work involves, and what the role of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is. That is a ...

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, there were only a limited number of ways to mount an effective challenge to a conviction, especially once the Appeal Court had rejected any approach on traditional grounds ...

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 ...