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Appeal judges have dismissed contempt proceedings against a human rights barrister over his closing speech in a Palestine Action trial. Rajiv Menon KC represented Charlotte Head, one of six Palestine Action activists tried over alleged criminal damage at an Elbit Systems UK site in Filton, Bristol. Elbit Systems is one of Israel’s largest defence manufacturers. […]

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The loss of dozens of files from a controversial 1994 murder investigation in the Orkneys has been described by the Scotland’s freedom of information watchdog as ‘shocking’. In 2008, Michael Ross, a teenager at the time of the murder, was convicted for the killing of Shamsuddin Mahmood in Glasgow at the High Court. Ross has […]

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The Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association have criticised ministers for failing to deliver an annual criminal legal aid increase, five months after the government pledged the funding. The government said last December that publicly funded criminal advocates would receive up to £34m a year, including VAT, in additional criminal legal aid fees. It also […]

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Filmmakers Jemma Gander and Fran Robertson have been following the case of a man protesting his indeterminate prison sentence. What they found was a fragile prisoner, Joe Outlaw, putting the discredited IPP sentence on trial. The following appears in the latest issue of PROOF magazine (issue 7) – now out. It is a grey July […]

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Episode 9 of The Overturn – “Fighting a miscarriage of justice is the most herculean task imaginable” Listen to the full episode below, or via Spotify. In a bonus round-up episode, Marnie Duke talks to the human rights lawyer and criminal appeal specialist Glyn Maddocks KC and Dr Jon Robins, executive producer on the series – […]

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