‘More potential wrongful convictions could be sent back to the appeal court under proposals to change the way the miscarriages of justice watchdog decides cases.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Solicitors embroiled in the public inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal are under scrutiny by the regulator over their conduct in relation to the inquiry itself – as well as their role in the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British history.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st February 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Andrew Malkinson is to be given a payout by the Ministry of Justice, more than a year and a half after the court of appeal declared his innocence.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The last convicted member of the Stockwell Six, a group of young black men falsely accused of trying to rob a corrupt police officer more than half a century ago, has had his case referred back to the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Post Office inquiry shows that legal professional privilege (LPP) presents “significant problems of principle and practice” and needs urgent reform, leading academics have argued.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Andrew Malkinson has said the miscarriage of justice watchdog needs to be “completely dissolved” as it has become “infected with a culture of denial”.’
The Guardian, 15th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Andrew Malkinson has called the former head of the miscarriage of justice watchdog “shameless” as she resigned from the job saying she had been “scapegoated for entirely legitimate decisions” taken over his case.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lawyers are refusing to represent people charged with certain crimes amid a crisis over solicitors’ pay, with one burglary suspect turned away by 12 legal firms, the Law Society president has said.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Court backlogs are forcing alleged offenders to spend up to five years in jail awaiting trial and driving innocent people to plead guilty, two prison watchdogs have revealed.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Women are less likely than men to appeal their convictions because they fear “rocking the boat” and doing anything that could increase their sentence, the Criminal Cases Review Commission has revealed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Despite Alex Henry running from the scene and being diagnosed with autism, he remains behind bars.’
The Independent, 23rd November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, says the Ministry of Justice has left him “to rot” after telling him he is likely to have to wait months before learning if he is even eligible for compensation.’
The Guardian, 14th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The decision to release the man who brutally killed a young woman in a flat in Cardiff will not be reviewed, the Ministry of Justice has said. Jeffrey Gafoor, 59, is set to leave prison on parole after attempts to change the decision to release him failed.’
BBC News, 10th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One night 50 years ago, on 21 November 1974, five men boarded a train from Birmingham New Street station heading for the Lancashire port of Heysham to catch a ferry to Belfast. They were going to the funeral of an IRA bomber who had blown himself up in Coventry the week before. The train left shortly before 8pm. Around 20 minutes later, a bomb exploded at a pub in Birmingham city centre called The Mulberry Bush. It was followed by a second explosion at The Tavern in the Town, another pub nearby. Twenty-one people were killed and 220 injured. The five men who had left the city by train – and a friend who waved them off at the station – were detained hours later on suspicion of being behind the bombings. They would become known as the Birmingham Six.’
BBC News, 4th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The backlog of people left waiting to know whether they will be allowed to reappeal an alleged miscarriage of justice has soared by nearly half in just four years, The Independent can reveal.’
The Independent, 2nd November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A “draconian” practice that stops crime victims challenging last-minute decisions to drop their cases is leading to miscarriages of justice and must urgently be reformed, campaigners say.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A controversial decision to refuse refunds to wrongly convicted prisoners who were charged for bed and board while in jail was made in part to save money, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The efforts of the chancellor Rachel Reeves to get control of Britain’s finances are being hampered by a massive £47bn bill in outstanding compensation claims which could balloon even further, The Independent can reveal. Analysis of a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) showed £84bn has been pledged by previous governments, with 12 compensation schemes for injustice, cover-ups and negligence.’
The Independent, 11th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Victims of historic miscarriages of justice have been told by the government they must have “bed and board” costs for the time they spent in prison deducted from their compensation payments.’
BBC News, 9th August 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A report on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s handling of the Andrew Malkinson case has laid bare “a catalogue of failures”, finding that he could have been exonerated almost a decade earlier.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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