“A killer who stabbed a 79-year-old woman to death has confessed to the crime after a decade claiming he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.”
BBC News, 8th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Six people have been wrongly detained and falsely accused of crimes in the past year as a result of mistakes made in the official disclosure of confidential data on their internet use to the police and security services.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Defence lawyers bear partial responsibility for miscarriages of justice, and better ethics training and spending time with ordinary people are as likely to reverse ‘moral decline’ as boosting pay, according to new research.”
Legal Futures, 10th July 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, has lost his legal battle for compensation as a victim of a ‘miscarriage of justice’.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The 10% increase comes amid cuts to criminal legal aid, leading lawyers to ask whether a better funded CCRC will address the problem of lack of legal representation.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“What impact will the latest raft of legal aid cuts have on people fighting councils or who are wrongly accused of a crime? We ask former defendants, their families, lawyers and experts.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who spent seven years in jail for a murder he did not commit was allegedly injured by police and charged with assault just months after his release, it can be disclosed.”
The Independent, 25th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, art.14(6) requires state parties to compensate those who have suffered ‘a miscarriage of justice’. Although the UK ratified the Covenant in 1976, for more than a decade compensation for miscarriages of justice continued to be paid by the Home Office only on an ex gratia basis. Payment was first put onto a statutory basis in 1988.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 1st June 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“‘Unity is our secret weapon’ was the key message that emerged from this week’s unprecedented meeting of 1,000 defence lawyers who voted unanimously backing a motion that price competitive tendering was ‘not the way forward’, writes Jon Robins.”
LegalVoice, 24th May 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Hundreds, some wearing wigs and gowns, demonstrate against justice secretary’s plans, which they say undermine UK justice.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ComRes poll, commissioned by the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, today shows that seven out of ten (71%) of the British public are concerned that cuts to legal aid could lead to innocent people being convicted of crimes they did not commit. The poll, published this morning, also shows that two-thirds (67%) of the British public agree that legal aid is a price worth paying for living in a fair society.”
The Bar Council, 21st May 2013
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“More than 70% of the public fear that further cuts to legal aid could result in innocent people being convicted of crimes they did not commit, according to an opinion poll released by the Bar Council.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“England’s 800-year-old tradition of fair and open access to justice for all will
be destroyed by sweeping Government plans to reform criminal legal aid, senior
judges and magistrates warn today.”
The Independent, 28th April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Kevin Lane was jailed for life for the 1994 murder of Robert Magill, and given a tariff of eighteen years. As his daily updated website indicates, he has now completed that tariff plus 46 days. However, he has not yet been released because he continues to protest his innocence.”
The Guardian, 26th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“What is it like if your brother or son is convicted of murder when you are convinced they are innocent? We meet three women who have fought for years to prove their loved ones’ innocence.”
The Guardian, 16th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Long-awaited guidance for the crown prosecution service on a law used to fight gang violence could help prevent miscarriages of justice.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Eddie Gilfoyle’s case is one of a relatively small number of alleged miscarriages of justice that stubbornly refuse to go away. On 4 June 1992, his wife, Paula Gilfoyle, was found, eight and a half months pregnant, hanging from a rope tied to a roof beam in the garage. For the last 20 years Mr Gilfoyle has protested his innocence, arguing that Paula’s death was a tragic suicide. The prosecution argument was that expectant mothers don’t kill themselves, especially bubbly young women with everything to live for.
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 15th February 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Regina (Ali and others) v Secretary of State for Justice: [2013] EWHC 72 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 35
“A useful test to determine whether an individual, whose conviction had been quashed on the basis of new evidence, qualified for compensation under section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 on the ground of miscarriage of justice, was whether he had established, beyond reasonable doubt, that no reasonable jury (or magistrates) properly directed as to the law, could convict on the evidence now to be considered.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of
the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, has lost his High Court bid for
compensation as a victim of a ‘miscarriage of justice’.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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