A man who has served 38 years in prison for the murder of a woman has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal after ...

The government is asking legal aid lawyers to have their say over proposed funding increases in the sector. A consultation ...

A former chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has called the Law Commission’s proposal to scrap its controversial statutory test for referrals ‘a distraction’ and argued that it is ...

The Lib Dem peer Lord Marks of Henley said Kneller ‘demonstrated a complete lack of the required diligence’ over the botched ...

Criminals who refuse to attend court to face sentencing remarks will be subject to sanctions under new legislation.

Two men who collectively spent 37 years in prison for crimes they did not commit are challenging deductions made for the cost of ‘bed and board’ from their compensation payments. Paul Blackburn ...

‘Radical’ change is needed in the criminal appeals system to avoid future miscarriages of justice like the case of Oliver Campbell, exonerated last year after a 34-year fight to clear his name, ...

‘Who is actually running the organisation?’ asked Andy Slaughter MP, chair of the House of Commons‘ justice committee, at a specially convened session on the work of the Criminal Cases Review ...

Seventeen years into a life sentence, former nurse Colin Norris will have his conviction re-examined by the Court of Appeal in a hearing beginning today – four years after his case being referred by ...