‘Government funding of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the last hope for people battling miscarriages of justice, has come under attack as the number applications rises steeply.’
The Guardian, 9th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man at the centre of one of the UK’s longest alleged miscarriages of justice is making a fresh bid to clear his name after a legal fight spanning more than four decades.’
BBC News, 12th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of prominent lawyers claim the official body responsible for investigating alleged miscarriages of justice is not fit for purpose.’
The Guardian, 30th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Speech by Sir Brian Leveson: The Pursuit of Criminal Justice.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 26th April 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A man who served eight months in a youth jail for stealing mailbags in the 1970s has had his name cleared.’
BBC News, 17th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lawyers acting for the man convicted of murdering Lin and Megan Russell in Kent in 1996 say they have new evidence of his innocence, including a “very detailed confession” to the killings from serial killer Levi Bellfield.’
The Independent, 29th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘I am very grateful to the Criminal Cases Review Commission for asking me to join you this morning to reflect briefly on your first twenty years of service to the rule of law and cause of justice. As I am first to speak may I thank Linklaters on your collective behalf for their generous hospitality without which this event would not be taking place. It is particularly poignant for me to be here because, as some of you know, I was junior counsel to the May inquiry into the convictions of the Guildford Four and Maguire family and so whilst not quite the midwife to the birth of the Criminal Cases Review Commission was one of those in the delivery room. You have a fascinating day ahead of you and I am only sorry that pressing commitments elsewhere will force me to leave, rather rudely, as soon as I have finished speaking.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 3rd November 2017
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘More than 1,000 subpostmasters who claim they were wrongly accused of theft or false accounting could join a class action against the Post Office to clear their names.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A bid to challenge a murder conviction that inspired the classic crime thriller Get Carter has been rejected by the High Court.’
BBC News, 21st February 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three of the UK’s most senior judges have rejected a request by the Guardian and other media organisations to sanction the release of video footage showing a British Royal Marine shooting dead a wounded Taliban fighter.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Britain’s most senior military judge mishandled the trial of a Royal Marine accused of murdering a wounded Taliban fighter to the extent that his conviction may now be quashed, the body that investigates potential miscarriages of justice has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A former Royal Marine serving a life sentence for murdering a wounded Afghan insurgent faces the “real possibility” of having his conviction quashed following the presentation of new evidence, an independent review has found.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of faking her own rape says she is now fighting to clear her name.’
BBC News, 15th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman accused of beating herself up and faking her own violent rape has launched a bid to clear her name.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Criminal Cases Review Commission has confirmed it is reviewing six cases involving celebrities who were convicted following involvement with Mazher Mahmood, better known as the Fake Sheikh.’
The Independent, 6th October 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“You are free to go. I am very sorry.” It was with these words that Lord Justice Leveson in the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction of David Bryant, a former fireman of seemingly impeccable character, for abusing a boy four decades earlier in a case that was based upon the uncorroborated word of a man revealed to be “a chronic liar”.
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 16th August 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A dyslexic defendant who represented himself in a crown court trial – after being handed 790 hours of CCTV footage to review in prison to support his alibi – is challenging his conviction for attempted murder.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two-thirds of cases referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) for suspected miscarriages of justice have succeeded on appeal, the government has revealed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th May 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Footballer Ched Evans has had his conviction for rape quashed at the Court of Appeal in London, but will face a new trial.’
BBC News, 21st April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Criminal Cases Review Commission was supposed to provide a safety net for those wrongly convicted, but it hasn’t shone a light on miscarriages of justice.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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