If you look for statistics on how many CCTV cameras there are in the UK you will find varying answers, all of which say it is a substantial number but the fact is no one really knows just how many there are. You’ll see phrases like “The UK has 1% of the world’s population but [...]

NEW REPORT: Joint Enterprise (Justice Committee Press release /Monday 16 January 2012 – EMBARGOED UNTIL 22.00HRS TUESDAY 17 JANUARY 2012)   The law on joint enterprise is so confusing for juries and courts alike that legislation is needed to ensure justice for both victims and defendants and end the high number of cases reaching the [...]

The recent furore over the Supreme Court in London, and its influence on Scottish court decisions, has produced a welter of scaremongering, misleading, and downright dishonest reports, claiming that the independence of Scottish justice is being undermined, and that the Supreme Court is “interfering” in matters which are rightly the domain of the Scottish Courts. [...]

The prosecution and conviction of Jordan Towers leaves one questioning, what is left of the “just” in “Justice?” There are two aspects to Jordan’s case which raise serious questions about how so-called justice is being obtained in England and Wales in the 21st Century. The first is the case against Jordan, itself.  The second is [...]

With strict human rights guidelines designed to preserve a remanded person’s dignity and ensure that all necessary facilities are provided to ensure that they can build a proper defence, anyone could be forgiven for assuming they would be treated accordingly. Since this is not the case in reality, this article is intended to highlight what [...]

 It is illegal in this country to approach anyone who has served on a jury and ask them questions about how they came to their verdict. It is not, however, illegal for people who have served on a jury to talk about their experiences after the event. Given that so many jury decisions seem to [...]

With the number of false rape claims on the increase it seems prudent to use these cases to highlight how the truth can in fact go against the wrongly accused persons defence in court. There are a variety of reasons cited as to why false claims made including attention, revenge along with other psychiatric conditions [...]

With more and more scientific or “expert evidence” being used in trials on a daily basis and the level of convicted prisoners maintaining their innocence it is necessary to ask what if any benefit is being gained in terms of a fair trial. If we could be certain that the ‘evidence’ provided by these witnesses [...]

In a recent article by Pete Bevington, published in the Shetland News Online, Police evidence thrown out of court, it was reported that the defendant’s statement was a “more accurate version of events than that of the arresting officer.” When questioned in court, the police officer, PC Andrew Card, admitted the version being presented in [...]

The CCRC (Criminal Case Review Commission) which covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive almost 1000 new applications each year and in Scotland the SCCRC receive over 100 more. This means that every year in Britain 1100 convicted people are seeking to have their convictions overturned and are maintaining innocence. Meanwhile the parole board rarely [...]