The ‘Twitter Joke Trial’ was back in the High Court yesterday, writes Kitty Stainsby. The appellant, Paul Chambers, was convicted of sending a menacing tweet about Robin Hood airport, which more…

The Appeal judges yesterday considered whether a person had made an ‘informed, voluntary and unequivocal waiver’ of their right to legal advice in a police station, writes Kim Evans. The Court of more…

The prospect confronting a courtroom artist is not that aesthetically pleasing: plastic water jugs, computers, suits, a far-away view of the subject – and you’re not even allowed to draw more…

Following the JusticeGap’s Wrongly Accused debate at College of London in Store Street, London in April, we are running a second debate in Manchester. We are organising it with the more…

EVENT: The JusticeGap together with Hackney Community Law Centre (HCLC)  is hosting a debate at the House of Commons on the role of the advice sector in communities in the more…

The JusticeGap is joining forces with Hackney Community Law Centre and the University College London’s faculty of law to work on a major public legal education (PLE) project aimed at more…

My brother has just been handed a community sentence for a crime he committed last year, writes Kimberley Tew. Even though all of his friends and family have known about more…

A Tribute to Dylan, written by Julie Price and Dennis Eady. Dylan O’Brien is not a name that is instantly recognised in the miscarriages of justice arena, but his story more…

ANALYSIS: Just before 7pm on July 9th 2010 Anthony Frederick, a grandfather with no criminal convictions, was chatting to his neighbour in his own driveway, writes Sasha Barton, a solicitor more…

The Equality and Human Rights Commission reported this week that the police were 28 times more likely to use stop-and-search powers against black people than white people. You can read more…

ANALYSIS: A headline on the BBC’s website yesterday reads: ‘Websites to be forced to identify trolls under new measures’, writes Paul Bernal. Beneath it, the first sentence says something somewhat more…

Until a few years ago the phrase ‘miscarriage of justice’ was rarely heard in the Netherlands, writes Gordon Darroch. But a handful of high-profile cases have put the country’s justice more…

The number of court orders to evict squatters in London’s wealthiest  boroughs has rocketed by over 100% in the last 12 months. You can read about the government’s plans to more…

There are new calls upon the legal profession’s watchdog to accept complaints from non-clients and consumers otherwise prevented from complaining due to ‘technicalities’ out today. The Legal Services Board’s independent more…

‘I thought it was a beacon of light which would ensure those wrongly convicted got justice.’ Susan May talking about the Criminal Cases Review Commission earlier this year. Despite the more…

Legal publisher LexisNexis asked their lawyers to nominate 10 ‘landmark’ legal cases that have taken place during HM’s reign, apparently to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Their imaginative team came more…