Appeal judges are due to hear the 12th appeal of a wrongful conviction related to the corrupt and racist British Transport ...

Currently, the maximum amount of compensation payable under the miscarriage of justice system in England and Wales is £1 ...

Reducing jury trials would ‘inevitably’ increase the number of miscarriages of justice, according to critics of proposals by Sir Brian Leveson to clear the backlog in the courts. Pic: Andy Aitchison.

Victims of miscarriages of justice will no longer lose access to means-tested benefits if they receive financial compensation ...

The miscarriage of justice watchdog has referred the murder convictions of two men eight years after it first received their application on the basis that a failure to hold an identification parade ...

A senior judge has ordered high street banks including Barclays, Nat West and Lloyds to release information on secret accounts held by a murdered university lecturer as the man’s son battles to clear ...

In the Law Commission consultation paper on criminal appeals, the Commission expresses the opinion that the “substantial injustice” test used by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (CACD) to ...

Keir Starmer made a personal commitment yesterday to review the scandal of the lack of compensation and care for the victims ...

The ‘overwhelming’ flood of drugs risked ‘destablising’ prisons, according to the Chief Inspector of Prisons’ annual report which revealed in one category C prison a staggering 59% of prisoners tested ...