A former Lord Chancellor has accused the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) of being responsible for delaying the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The Criminal Cases Review Commission recently announced a new programme of public engagement. (CCRC promises “greater transparency and openness” with launch of new public engagement initiative) ...

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 ...

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, ...