Almost half of defendants facing imprisonable summary offences in magistrates’ courts appeared without a lawyer in the latest ...

For his words Rajiv Menon KC is being prosecuted for contempt of court.  Like the jury who were locked up in the Tower of ...

The author of a new book arguing that Lucy Letby is a victim of a miscarriage of justice believes that her wrongful ...

The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred 45 cases back to the appeal court last year, one of the highest numbers of referrals in its 30 year history and an 80% increase on two years ago. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

A fresh investigation into the case of Jeremy Bamber, convicted of murdering his family in 1985, has revealed ‘significant evidence’ and police failings that may indicate he was wrongly convicted. A ...

Since reporting restrictions were lifted following the trial, and re-trial, of Lucy Letby, concerns, doubts and speculation as to her guilt have emerged. Letby remains behind bars at HMP Bronzefield, ...

Jason Moore was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years after being found guilty of murdering Robert Darby in 2005. Relatives of Darby, who was stabbed to death in a pub car park in East ...

A serial liar who made false allegations of historical abuse lead to the wrongful imprisonment of a firefighter with an unblemished record of public service has been charged with perverting the course ...

Late last year I was in the dock for a three-week multi-handed rape trial in the Crown Court. I wasn’t the defendant. I was working as a paralegal and my firm was representing one of the men charged.

A particular challenge for investigating and prosecuting reported sexual offences is the absence of forensic incriminating evidence. This is particularly so in non-recent cases reported weeks, months, ...