Ministry of Justice to reinstate legal aid for prisoners The Ministry of Justice have abandoned their bid to challenge a Court of Appeal decision which ruled that cuts to legal aid for prisoners were unlawful because they are ‘inherently unfair’...
Read moreRape and sex offence prosecutions at record high, says CPS A record number of people were prosecuted for sexual offences last year but total prosecutions for domestic abuse were falling, according to the latest figures published by the Crown...
Read moreRape victims being questioned about sexual history in ‘significant number of cases’ The sexual history of complainants was being admitted into evidence in ‘a significant number’ of trials involving sexual offences despite the legal presumption...
Read moreDiane Abbott promises a ‘new order’ for refugees and migrants under Labour A Labour government would end indefinite immigration detention. Speaking before this week’s Brighton conference, the shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott declared the...
Read moreConcerns over safety of thousands of US convictions following criticisms of pioneering DNA analysis The accuracy of analysis methods used by a pioneering crime laboratory in New York has been called into question, raising concerns about evidence...
Read moreUK plummets in global children’s rights rankings The UK has been accused of ‘inadequate’ protection of children’s rights after an alarming plummet in its standing on the global children rights rankings. The Kids Rights Index 2017, an...
Read moreJustice system threatened by ‘tsunami’ of sex cases Criminal barristers have warned of the consequences of a ‘tsunami’ of sex offence cases clogging up cash-strapped courts and called on the next government to take action and...
Read moreGrayling’s ‘ideological’ legal aid cuts for prisoners ruled ‘unlawful’ The Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that cuts to legal aid for prisoners introduced in 2013 and reckoned to have reversed ’35 years of...
Read moreFour ‘supersize’ prisons to be built in England and Wales Plans four new ‘supersize’ prisons in England and Wales creating around 5,000 modern prison places, were announced yesterday by the Secretary of State for Justice Liz...
Read moreRape victims to be spared ordeal of giving evidence in court New measures to spare alleged rape victims from facing live cross-examination in court will be brought in from September as part of changes being made by the justice secretary Liz...
Read moreConviction of ‘Marine A’ reduced to manslaughter A historic murder conviction against British marine Alexander Blackman, who shot dead a seriously injured Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan, has been quashed by the Court Martial Appeal...
Read more‘Cruel and inhuman’: High Court challenge on behalf of boy held in cell 23 hours a day The High Court has agreed to hear a legal challenge brought by the Howard League for Penal Reform on behalf of a boy held in his cell for more than...
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