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A Crown Court judge has blamed government funding failures for delays that mean he cannot lawfully keep a man accused of attempted murder in custody while he awaits trial, despite accepting the ‘significant risk’ the defendant poses. 36-year-old Tom Maughan has been on remand since May over an alleged attack in Dalston in which a […]
The Ministry of Justice is preparing legislation that would significantly limit the right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in England and Wales. This follows recommendations made by Sir Brian Leveson in his independent review of the criminal courts. Courts minister Sarah Sackman told the Guardian that defendants were ‘gaming the system’ by […]
The injustice suffered by the men of the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead is not just a story rooted in Merseyside – it speaks to working-class communities across our country. It is a story about dignity in work, the strength of organised labour and the lasting scars of industrial decline. Now that we have a […]
The Centre for Women’s Justice have joined Rape Crisis in calling for urgent action to tackle the ‘life-threatening’ delays to Crown Court trials faced by victims of sexual offences in England and Wales. A new report from Rape Crisis England and Wales identified a 66% increase in the number of outstanding sexual offence cases since March 2023. Maxime […]
The miscarriages of justice watchdog has found ‘gang narratives’ used in a joint enterprise murder conviction may have led to wrongful convictions. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is the only body which can refer convictions back to the court of appeal after a first appeal has failed, where there are concerns that the conviction […]
