REMEMBERING PADDY HILL: Gareth Peirce has paid a moving tribute to her ‘friend and comrade’ Paddy Hill at a first annual memorial lecture. The veteran human rights lawyer was speaking at an event organised by MOJO, the Glasgow-based group Hill
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The Justice Gap is a publication that focuses on issues related to criminal justice, policing, and legal reform in England and Wales. It covers topics such as police surveillance practices, including undercover operations and facial recognition technology, as well as the impact of legal system backlogs on trial rights. The blog also addresses concerns about the use of artificial intelligence in policing and highlights systemic problems within the prison system, particularly regarding women's prisons and related deaths. It features critical perspectives on government policies and advocates for regulatory and legal reforms to improve justice outcomes.
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Court of Appeal dismisses contempt proceedings against Palestine Action barrister
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…
‘Shocking’ loss of evidence in controversial Orkneys murder case
By Jon Robins
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
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Bar leaders criticise £34m legal aid delay as ministers press jury reform
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
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PROOF magazine: Ghosts in the System
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…
The Overturn episode 9 – “Fighting a miscarriage of justice is the most herculean task imaginable”
Samantha Dulieu is a freelance writer and News Editor of The Justice Gap. She has covered some of the most high profile miscarriages of justice in the UK, as well as law, policy, human rights issues, prisons, protest and migration.…
Seventh controversial indeterminate sentence referred to Court of Appeal
A seventh case of a man serving a controversial indeterminate prison sentence has been sent to the Court of Appeal by the miscarriages of justice watchdog this week.
Daniel Grace was given an indeterminate detention for public protection (DPP) with
Daniel Grace was given an indeterminate detention for public protection (DPP) with
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Barrister faces contempt over Palestine Action jury speech
A leading human rights barrister is facing possible contempt proceedings over a closing speech to jurors in a Palestine Action trial, in what is believed to be an unprecedented case against an advocate over a jury address.
Rajiv Menon KC
Rajiv Menon KC
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Press ban on Bamber: ‘ridiculous’, ‘disingenuous’ and illegal
By Jon Robins
The ban on Jeremy Bamber talking to the media has been criticised as ‘patently ridiculous and disingenuous’ and will be challenged by his legal team. As reported by Simon Hattenstone in the Guardian, Bamber, who has always protested his…
Will new CCRC commissioner appointments satisfy critics?
By Jon Robins
Jon is editor of the Justice Gap. He is a criminology lecturer at Brighton University, special adviser to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice and vice chair of the Legal Action Group. Books include Justice in a Time…