In this CCRC referral fresh evidence was adduced with regard to a mobile phone leading to the conviction being quashed . The applicant had been convicted on the basis of a partially…
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R v Williams ( Gary ) [2021] EWCA Crim 226 – CCRC Referral Fresh Evidence
In this interesting case on the posession of firearms the CCRC had referred on the basis that there was fresh evidence that the Applicant had not brought the weapon to the scene…
Hamilton v Post Office[2021] EWCA Crim 21 – No right to argue abuse of process on referral but fairness dictated it should be allowed
This was a Referral in relation to post office workers who had been convicted of dishonesty broadly under circumstances where post office accounting software and procedures might have falsely reported omissions that…
Jeremy Bamber – The story yet to be told ?
In the history of criminal convictions in the modern era, there remains one mystifying tragedy and story which still seems to catch the public imagination namely the case almost universally colloquially referred…
R. (on the application of Bamber) v Crown Prosecution Service [2020 ] [2020] EWHC 1391 (Admin)
Judicial review was not the most suitable approach to challenging a refusal by the CPS of a request for disclosure of evidence which a man convicted of five murders said would undermine…
The last 10 years of historical abuse allegations a wasted decade in restoring balance in our justice system
In 2009 Mark Barlow and Mark Newby hosted a conference which brought all participants in the Criminal Justice System together to talk about the challenges of historical allegations . A paper was…
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…
Victor Nealon – 14 Years to find out it was not your DNA
Fresh Enquiry Exposes Failings Over 14 years ago Victor Nealon was convicted of the attempted rape of a complainant , the crown relying on identification evidence and ostensibly linking the …