Criminals are to be banned from making claims for injuries from a special fund set up to help victims of crime, according to the Guardian. Ken Clarke, the  justice secretary, more…

Fulcrum TV is looking for willing volunteers to take part in a new BBC ONE series that aims to show consumers that they have rights and can get justice for more…

Missing documents that led to the dramatic collapse of a multi-million pound police corruption trial in the Lynette White case last month have resurfaced despite claims they were shredded. You more…

The Innocence Network UK, an umbrella group for the university-based Innocence Projects set up by law students to investigate miscarriage cases, has  called for an overhaul of the CCRC and more…

David Cameron yesterday called for reform of the European Court of Human Rights to prevent it turning into ‘a small claims court’ that was  ‘swamped’ by ‘spurious’ cases. The Prime more…

Concerns are mounting over the closure of the Forensic Science Service scheduled for March 2012. In a letter to the justice secretary Ken Clarke, the Law Society predicted ‘a contraction more…

Up to four million library users will be able to access free legal advice via webcams. Birmingham and Westminster city councils are teaming up with Instant Law, which recently launched more…

The fundamental right to free legal advice for people held in police stations will not be cut as part of the package of legal reforms which threatened to remove £350m more…

New advice published aimed at people going through the courts without legal advice. The Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau, together with AdviceNow, this week publishes a series of advice more…

The law on joint enterprise was ‘so confusing for juries and courts alike’ that legislation was necessary to ensure justice for both victims and defendants and end the high number more…

‘This was a deliberate act by Merseyside Police to frame me.’ So said Eddie Gilfoyle on BBC Radio 4′s Broadcasting House at the weekend. He was convicted in 1992 of more…

The increase in claims for whiplash is the main reason for the growth of motor insurance premiums, according to a report releasd today by the House of Commons Transport Committee. more…

INTERVIEW: Michael Mansfield QC on Stephen Lawrence. Michael Mansfield’s CV serves as a reasonably exhaustive list of left wing causes célèbres spanning  three decades: miners’ strike, Birmingham Six, Jean Charles more…

The government is determined to kill off the ‘health and safety monster’ by limiting the fees lawyers can earn from personal injury claims. The Daily Telegraph reported that David Cameron more…

Explosive new evidence has been uncovered by The Times in the case of Eddie Gilfoyle, jailed for murdering his pregnant wife Paula. He was jailed for life in 1993 for more…

The government’s proposed £350 million legal aid cuts will be a false economy, according to an report by the King’s College London. The report, Unintended Consequences: the cost of the more…

Courts will be put under a legal duty to ensure that both fathers and mothers are given access to children in divorce settlements, according to a report in the Daily more…

David Norris and Gary Dobson (left and right) have been ordered to serve minimum sentences of 15 and 14 years respectively for the ‘terrible and evil’ murder of the black teenager more…

Women were told to expect ‘definitive advice’ on faulty breast implants by the end of the week by Andrew Lansley, the health secretary. Lansley told  BBC Radio 4′s Today programme more…