Compensation
Our Impact Report 2024-25
Impact Report 2024-25 Signs of Hope, Calls for Change This year, we’ve seen genuine signs of hope for those failed by the justice system. The Law Commission’s decision to undertake a long-overdue review of the criminal appeals process signals a growing recognition that our system is not working as it should, and the results…
Read MoreWrongly Convicted, Never Compensated: The Gareth Jones Story
Wrongly Convicted, Never Compensated: The Gareth Jones Story Gareth Jones’s life was destroyed when he was wrongfully convicted of a crime. Ten years later, he finally cleared his name, yet he will not receive any compensation because of a change in the law. Read the article written by Adam Bychawski for Big Issue, here. Read…
Read MoreAndy 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…
Read More‘Eminently winnable’: new campaign to properly compensate the wrongly convicted – The Justice Gap Article
‘Eminently winnable’: new campaign to properly compensate the wrongly convicted A new campaign to scrap the ‘brutal’ miscarriage of justice compensation arrangements has been called ‘eminently winnable’ by a former minister in the government that introduced the legislation. In Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday – the day after the campaign launch – Sir David Davis MP…
Read MoreAndy Malkinson and James Burley on BBC Radio 4 following Helen Pitcher resignation
Andy Malkinson and James Burley on BBC Radio 4 following Helen Pitcher resignation Helen Pitcher, Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), resigned on 14 January 2025 after the conclusion of a special panel. This follows grave criticisms of the CCRC’s failings in Andy Malkinson’s case. Listen to Andy Malkinson and James Burley…
Read MoreThe Sunday Mirror joins APPEAL’s calls for compensation for the wrongfully convicted
The Sunday Mirror joins APPEAL’s calls for compensation for the wrongfully convicted The Sunday Mirror has published an article about Sam Hallam’s continued fight for compensation alongside an editorial highlighting why compensation is so important following a wrongful conviction. The article came about after polling, commissioned by APPEAL and run by insight agency Opinium in…
Read More‘Not the only one: delivering justice for the wrongly convicted’: the 2024 CALA conference
Not the only one: delivering justice for the wrongly convicted The Criminal Appeals Lawyers Association (CALA) annual conference, 2024 Emily Dugan, journalist Journalism panel Penney Lewis, Law Commission Edward henry KC and APPEAL’s James Burley and Claire Bostock The Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association’s annual conference: Not the only one: delivering justice for the wrongly…
Read MoreAndrew Malkinson still waiting for compensation
Andrew Malkinson still waiting for compensation – BBC news A man who spent 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of rape is still waiting for compensation three years after his release. Andrew Malkinson, 58, had his conviction for the 2003 sex attack near Bolton quashed last year. Emily Bolton, the lawyer who represented…
Read MorePolice officers involved in wrongful rape conviction of Andrew Malkinson under investigation – Sky News
Police officers involved in wrongful rape conviction of Andrew Malkinson under investigation – Sky News Four retired police officers involved in the conviction of a man jailed for 17 years for a rape he did not commit are now under investigation, a watchdog has announced. One of the former officers has also been notified that…
Read MoreEx-police officer investigated over Malkinson case – BBC News
Ex-police officer investigated over Malkinson case – BBC News A retired police officer is under a criminal investigation over the wrongful conviction of Andy Malkinson for a rape he did not commit, the police watchdog has said. The former Greater Manchester Police officer is being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice and misconduct…
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