On 12th June the High Court rejected challenges by Victor Nealon and Sam Hallam in their miscarriage of justice test case for compensation for 24 lost years served in prison before having their…
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Solicitor Advocate specialising in Miscarriage of Justice Cases and Defending Historical Abuse Allegations , writes on Criminal Justice issues . Involved in the quashing of a significant number of convictions . Currently a member of the Law Society Council and various committees including the Criminal Law Committee
The Curious Case of Victor Nealon
When Victor Nealon was sat in his prison cell after yet another rejection by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in 2002, he may have wondered whether he would ever get his liberty…
Justice Committee – Is it time to ask searching questions of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division
[ This Article first appeared on Inside Justice and then The Justice Gap ] When the House of Commons’ justice committee finally decided to undertake a longer inquiry into the Criminal Cases…
There are no winners
As published on The Justice Gap – http://thejusticegap.com/2014/02/winners/ When the former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer introduced new guidelines to the prosecution of sexual offences, he made much of an assertion that…
Quashing Victor Nealon’s Conviction
On Friday 13th December the Conviction of Victor Nealon was finally quashed by the Court of Appeal with the reasons to be supplied early in the New Year . It had been…
Celebrity Cases and the Path to Moral Panic
Risk of moral panic over celebrity sex abuse cases The current unfolding drama surrounding the explosion of sexual allegations in a post-Savile world is providing more twists than a modern day drama…
Dangerous Dogs , Anti Social Behaviour and Miscarriage of Justice
Amongst the distraction of PCT and Save UK Justice campaigning, it is important that as lawyers working to preserve the Rule of Law, we must not take our eye off developments in…
Fighting for Miscarriage Compensation to Continue as Divisional Court refuses 4 out of 5 cases
Beatson LJ and Irwin J delivering the decision of the Divisional Court on the challenges of Claimants to the refusal of the Secretary of State for compensation have disappointed 4 out of…
Savile and the Future of Sexual Abuse Investigations
Mark Barlow Barrister at Garden Court North Chambers Manchester and Mark Newby Solicitor Advocate at Quality Solicitors Jordans Doncaster discuss the impact of the Savile Case and the recent decision to review…
Richard Webster Memorial Lecture – The Dangers of False Allegations
“False Accusations their impact on the Individual, the Family and Society “ Mark Newby’s Speech at the Richard Webster Memorial Lecture Held on 13th October 2012 at the University of Wrexham Thank…