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 ...

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 ...

A former Conservative solicitor general called upon ministers to address the ‘complete collapse’ of the miscarriage of justice watchdog in a debate on the House of Lords yesterday in which a retired ...

Criminals who refuse to attend court to face sentencing remarks will be subject to sanctions under new legislation. The government announced on Wednesday that ‘cowardly’ criminals will be forced to ...

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 ...