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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…
Read MoreLAW 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 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…
Read MoreSubmission to Ministry of Justice “Murder sentencing consultation” – Women’s Justice
Submission to Ministry of Justice “Murder sentencing consultation” women who kill APPEAL /// March 2024 The Women’s Justice Initiative is deeply concerned about the Ministry of Justice’s proposal to increase the starting point for murders committed with a knife. Alongside other proposals in the consultation, it is likely to have unintended and serious consequences…
Read MoreImpact Report 2022/2023
Impact Report 2022/2023 Hope on the horizon APPEAL /// 2023 I will always remember the morning of 24 January 2023, when APPEAL’s client Andy Malkinson was given the news that his case had been referred to the Court of Appeal. We also learned that thanks to a DNA match on the database, another man…
Read MoreGovernment consultation on its policy proposals following the criminal legal aid independent review
Government consultation on criminal legal aid independent review (‘CLAIR’) APPEAL /// June 2023 Only one in ten applicants to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have legal representation. Flaws in the legal aid system are to blame. These are our recommendations for improving legal aid for would-be appellants. Download this report as a PDF Download Response…
Read MoreSubmission on Sentencing Council “Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline”
Submission to Sentencing Council Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline APPEAL /// february 2023 The Women’s Justice Initiative supports the Sentencing Council’s proposal to introduce a new section on female offenders, but stresses the often causative relationship between women’s offending and the domestic abuse including coercive control they experience. Download this report as…
Read MoreSubmission to Sentencing Council “Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines”
Submission to Sentencing Council “Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines” APPEAL /// November 2023 The Women’s Justice Initiative provides our views on the Sentencing Council’s proposals to amend different sentencing guidelines, including relating to coercive control in manslaughter cases and pregnant defendants. Download this report as a PDF Download Response to the Crime Lower Consultation…
Read MoreNO CHANCE? THE CASE FOR REFORMING THE REFERRAL TEST FROM THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION TO THE COURT OF APPEAL
NO CHANCE? THE CASE FOR REFORMING THE REFERRAL TEST FROM THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION TO THE COURT OF APPEAL APPEAL BRIEFING /// JULY 2022 The ‘real possibility’ test governs whether the Criminal Cases Review Commission can refer a case to the Court of Appeal but it leaves people with little chance to access…
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