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Wrongly 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 MoreJury on Trial
Jury on Trial: How Leveson’s Proposals Risk Greater Racial Bias and Wrongful Convictions Jury on Trial: How Leveson’s Proposals Risk Greater Racial Bias and Wrongful Convictions Alannah Burdess, Legal Intern at APPEAL, reviews Sir Brian Leveson’s proposals for jury trials. She discovered a wide range of evidence that shows how they would dismantle a centuries-old…
Read MoreWe’re Hiring (Trustees and Lawyer positions available)
We’re Hiring 🚨 Join the APPEAL Team! 🚨 APPEAL is looking for passionate, committed individuals to help us fight wrongful convictions and champion justice. ✨ We’re recruiting: 🗝️ Trustees – bring your skills, vision, and commitment to guide our mission. ⚖️ Lawyer – use your legal expertise to help overturn miscarriages of justice. If you…
Read MoreNever Mind the Bankers – Henry Blaxland KC
Never Mind the Bankers – Henry Blaxland KC Henry Blaxland KC of Garden Court Chambers, discusses the Supreme Court appeals which quashed the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo. Henry successfully acted as leading counsel for Darrell Read, a former ICAP broker accused of conspiring with Tom Hayes, acquitted in 2016. Read the post…
Read MoreCall for Participants for APPEAL’s Women’s Justice Focus Group
🔍 Are you or your client a woman who was convicted in a court in England or Wales in the past 10 years? 🔍 Are you or your client a woman who was convicted in a court in England or Wales in the past 10 years? APPEAL is conducting focus group interviews as part of…
Read MoreErrol Campbell: Court of Appeal quashes convictions linked to corrupt officer Derek Ridgewell
Court of Appeal quashes convictions linked to corrupt officer Derek Ridgewell © Jess Hurd 17/07/2025 London, UK. Photo credit: Jess Hurd In a historic judgment at the Royal Courts of Justice on 17 July 2025, the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Errol Campbell and Ronald DeSouza—two men wrongfully prosecuted in the 1970s…
Read MoreLeveson’s Outcomes: A Grave Threat to Justice
Leveson’s Outcomes: A Grave Threat to Justice Sir Brian Leveson’s newly published review of the criminal courts proposes sweeping changes — including abolishing juries for many offences with sentences up to two years, and allowing judge-only trials for complex fraud. It also proposes in cases of exceptional length or complexity, a judge should be…
Read MoreLAW COMMISSION CONSULTATION RESPONSE, 2025
Law Commission consultation response Response to the Law Commission’s Criminal Appeals Consultation Paper APPEAL /// June 2025 APPEAL’s response to the Law Commission’s Criminal Appeals Consultation Paper (June 2025) strongly supports reform of the criminal appeals system to better identify and correct miscarriages of justice. We welcome several of the Commission’s proposals—particularly replacing the Criminal…
Read MoreJoint Enterprise on Trial
Joint Enterprise on Trial 📢 Joint Enterprise on Trial On 26 June 2025, APPEAL’s Racial Justice Lead, Dr Nisha Waller and Racial Justice Researcher, Tehreem Sultan launched ‘Joint Enterprise on Trial’, a report exposing the harsh realities of joint enterprise prosecutions at the Central Criminal Court, better known as the Old Bailey. The launch event…
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…
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