APPEAL Co-Director Matt Foot on Radio 4 Today Programme

APPEAL Co-Director Matt Foot on Radio 4 – the brutal compensation test   The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that the UK test for receiving compensation following a wrongful conviction is lawful despite dissenting judges stating it is ‘virtually insurmountable’. Listen to Matt Foot being interviewed about the case on the Radio 4…

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Statement on Sam Hallam & Victor Nealon: Grand Chamber dismisses application, but recognises devastating impact of wrongful conviction

Statement on Sam Hallam & Victor Nealon Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights dismisses application, but recognises devastating impact of wrongful conviction Today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held that the test for compensation introduced in 2014 (Section 133(1ZA) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988) is compatible…

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TV Licensing Help: Template Letters

TV Licensing Prosecutions: Forms and Template Letters Forms and template letters which may assist you if you have been or are being prosecuted for TV licensing. Listed below are forms and template letters which may assist you if you have been or are being prosecuted for TV licensing. The template letters are for information purposes…

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Response to the Crime Lower Consultation Legal Aid, 2024

Response to the Ministry of Justice Crime Lower Consultation Legal Aid APPEAL /// March 2024 APPEAL disagrees with current Ministry of Justice proposals to focus new criminal legal aid investment only in the early states of a case – and not to make changes to the CCRC fee scheme. These proposals are perilous not only…

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The inside story on the new Andy Malkinson documentary

The inside story on the new Andy Malkinson documentary APPEAL’s Lizzie Norton is behind-the-scenes A documentary telling the story of APPEAL’s client Andrew Malkinson’s fight for justice airs on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on Thursday 6 June at 9pm.   ‘The Wrong Man: 17 Years Behind Bars’ gives Andy’s firsthand account of the shock…

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LAW COMMISSION CONSULTATION RESPONSE, 2023

Law Commission consultation response Rapid redress: reforms for the swift rectification of wrongful convictions in england and wales APPEAL /// November 2023 It took APPEAL client Andrew Malkinson two decades to clear his name. We set out reforms which will help ensure wrongful convictions are rectified more swiftly. Download this report as a PDF Download…

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Doubt Dismissed

Doubt Dismissed Race, Juries and Wrongful Conviction Nisha Waller and Naima Sakande /// Jan 2024 Nisha Waller and Naima Sakande hold up their report Doubt Dismissed at the launch party in May 2024 In May 2024, APPEAL published a report on the hidden racist and classist intent behind the 1967 introduction of majority jury verdicts…

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Andy Malkinson

Andy Malkinson Not The Only One   Andy Malkinson on the steps of the Court of Appeal on 26 July 2023, just after his name was finally cleared. Photo credit: Ben Broomfield.   Andy Malkinson spent more than 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.  DNA evidence APPEAL commissioned proved his…

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Lizzie Donoghue

Lizzi donoghue ‘junk’ forensic science landed mother of three in jail for husband’s killing Mother of three Lizzi Donoghue was convicted on the basis of flawed forensic evidence “It’s like a bad dream…I just want my mum out.” – Helen, Lizzi’s eldest daugter On the evening of 23 April 2004, Elizabeth Donoghue was upstairs in…

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